revise

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As a verb, revise means review, alter and amend, especially of written material. As a noun, it means a review or a revision.

Meanings of revise

8 meanings

To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
“This statute should be revised.”
UKAustraliaNew ZealandTo look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
“I should be revising for my exam in a few days.”
Make revisions in
“revise a thesis”
Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
“We must retool the town's economy”
Similar: retool

Older and rare meanings (1)

A review or a revision.
printingA second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
The act of rewriting something
Similar: revision, revisal, rescript

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).