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Definition
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 procedures
- That notion was due for revision.Part 1 (63% in)
- And so Emily lay back against the pillows for another several minutes, her creature having slunk away, and patiently planned, and revised her plans, and refined an order for them.Part 1 (36% in)
- Soon, it was the action itself that absorbed her, and the newspaper report which she revised to the rhythm of her swipes.Part 1 (38% in)
- Elsewhere, strewn between the revision notes, landscape gardening and anatomy piles, were various letters and cards: unpaid battels, letters from tutors and friends congratulating him on his first, which he still took pleasure in rereading, and others mildly querying his next step.Part 1 (43% in)
- It's the revisions to the Statement Relating to Defense.Part 1 (81% in)
There are no more uses of "revise" in Atonement.
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