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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
- Crake was his best friend. Revision: his only friend.p. 310.8
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.)
(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: especially at night.p. 6.3
- Revision: seashore.p. 10.1
- Revision, professional sex-skills expert.p. 11.4
- Why can't Snowman revise the mythology?p. 104.3
- Revision: overalls.p. 242.1
- Then those above would grade his offerings, hand them back for revision, hand them back again.p. 248.4
- Revision: dismayed lust.p. 277.1
- Okay, revision: no one made you, but did you have it anyway?p. 316.1
- Revision: to his foot.p. 334.6
revise = change
There are no more uses of "revise" in Oryx and Crake.
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