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- Dictionaryrevised/rɪˈvʌɪzd/
adjective
- 1. (of written or printed matter) having been altered or corrected: "a revised edition of the novel"
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a document, book, etc. that has been revised has been changed in order to improve it, correct mistakes, or make it contain the most recent information: revised edition/version/draft This paper is a revised version of a report commissioned by the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank.
to look at or consider again an idea, piece of writing, etc. in order to correct or improve it: His helpfulness today has made me revise my original opinion / impression of him. His publishers made him revise his manuscript three times. Fewer examples. Casualty figures were revised downwards after the war had ended.
1. a. : to look over again in order to correct or improve. revise a manuscript. b. British : to study again : review. 2. a. : to make a new, amended, improved, or up-to-date version of. revise a dictionary. b. : to provide with a new taxonomic arrangement. revising the alpine ferns. intransitive verb. British : review sense 1.
Revised definition: amended or altered. See examples of REVISED used in a sentence.
Use the adjective revised to describe something that's been updated or improved, such as a revised draft of your paper that includes corrections and new sentences that help explain your ideas. The word revised comes from the Latin word revisere, which means "look at again, or visit again."
to look at or consider again an idea, piece of writing, etc. in order to correct or improve it: His helpfulness today has made me revise my original opinion / impression of him. His publishers made him revise his manuscript three times. Fewer examples. Casualty figures were revised downward after the war had ended.
[VERB noun] Synonyms: change, review, modify, reconsider More Synonyms of revise. 2. verb B2. If you revise a price, amount, or estimate, you change it to make it more fair, realistic, or accurate. Some of their prices were higher than their competitors' so they revised their prices accordingly. [VERB noun]
To revise means to alter or improve a preliminary draft of something, usually a text. When you want your writing to be really great, you must revise it several times until it is perfect. The word revise sounds like the related word revisit, and revising a piece of work does in fact require revisiting it.
1. To alter or edit (a text). 2. To reconsider and change or modify: I have revised my opinion of him. See Synonyms at correct. 3. Chiefly British To study again (academic material, for example), as for a test; review. v.intr. 1. To make revisions, as in a text. 2. Chiefly British To study something again; review. n. (rē′vīz′, rĭ-vīz′) 1.
[transitive] revise something to change something, such as a book or an estimate, in order to correct or improve it. a revised edition of a textbook. I'll prepare a revised estimate for you. This revised version of his play has only two acts. They should create a revised marketing plan.
