1 [VN] to change your opinions or plans, for example because of sth you have learned:
I can see I will have to revise my opinions of his abilities now. * The government may need to revise its policy in the light of this report.
2 [VN] to change sth, 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. * We may have to revise this figure upwards.
3 (BrE) to prepare for an exam by looking again at work that you have done:
[V] I spent the weekend revising for my exam. * I can't come out tonight. I have to revise. * [VN] I'm revising Geography today.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for revise is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is revise a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, revise is tagged as verb.
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