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to change (and hopefully improve) — most frequently to improve a written document, but it can be any intentional change such as a change in an estimated amount, a plan, or a series of proceduresIn the UK, revise can also mean to review material previously studied to prepare for a test.
- How can you revise that paragraph to improve the expression of ideas?
revise = improve (change)
- Do you think the writer should revise the underlined sentence?
- The bus broke down, so I need to revise my estimated time of arrival.
- I have a rough plan, but I want to talk with others on the team and revise it.
- How can we revise order fulfillment to be more efficient?
- They revised their estimates of last year's growth.
- This is the second revision of my term paper, but I want to get a good night's sleep and look at it one more time.
- Do you like my revisions?
- [of her algebra book] It's old, yellowed, full of scribbles, crossed-out words and revisions.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- Crake was his best friend. Revision: his only friend.Margaret Atwood -- Oryx and Crake
- The last thing I remember is that I was thinking about the revision I needed to do for the next day.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- "No," I said, and then revised. "Well, maybe I wouldn't go so far as no."John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- Now I needed to understand how the great gatekeepers of history had come to terms with their own ignorance and partiality: I thought if I could accept that what they had written was not absolute but was the result of a biased process of conversation and revision, maybe I could reconcile myself with the fact that the history most people agreed upon was not the history I had been taught.Tara Westover -- Educated
- "The earlier revision has been revoked. Closer examination of the rule book has disclosed that only one winner may be allowed," he says.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- She decided to revise the recipe slightly, just so she could use the flowers.Laura Esquivel -- Like Water for Chocolate
- After that little maneuver, the rules are being revised to require that all of the enemy's soldiers must be frozen or disabled before the gate can be reversed.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- "Recall is made more difficult because memories can be changed." Beetee taps his forehead. "Brought to the forefront of your mind, altered, and saved again in the revised form."Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
- I retrieved my journal and wrote another entry, opposite the first, in which I revised the memory.Tara Westover -- Educated
- Why can't Snowman revise the mythology?Margaret Atwood -- Oryx and Crake
- I revise my suicide plan to slow death by morphling.Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
revise = improve (change)
revise = change
revise = improve or change
revise = improve
revised = changed
revision = changed version
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
revisions = changes
(editor's note: The suffix "-sions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in discussions from discuss, explosions from explode, and revisions from revise.)
revisions = changes
(editor's note: The suffix "-sions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in discussions from discuss, explosions from explode, and revisions from revise.)
revision = changed version
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
revision = a change; or a changed version
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
revised = changed what was said
revision = making changes
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
revision = change
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
revise = change
revised = changed
revised = changed
revised = changed what was said
revise = change
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