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recension

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɛnʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: rĭ-sĕn′shən
  • General-American: -sĕnsh′n
  • General-American: /ɹɪˈsɛnʃən/
  • General-American: [ɹ̠wɪ̈ˈsɛ̃n(t̚)ʃə̃n]
  • General-American: [-ˈsɛ̃n(t̚)ʃn̩]
  • rhymes with -ɛnʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A critical revision of a text.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A text established by critical revision.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a language which is used in such manuscripts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The existence of two major literary centres in the First Bulgarian Empire led to the emergence of two recensions of Old Church Slavonic: the Bulgarian Recension and the Macedonian Recension.
  • The Russian recension of Old Church Slavonic emerged after the 10th century and was characterized by the substitution of /u/ for the nasal sound /õ/.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin recēnsiō (“enumeration; review; reassessment”), from recēnseō (“to count, reckon; to examine, review; to go over, revise”), from re- (“again”) (from Proto-Italic *wre (“again”); further etymology uncertain) + cēnseō (“to give an opinion; to suppose, think; to assess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱn̥seh1-, *ḱn̥seye- (“to announce”)).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Latin: recēnsiō — census, enumeration, review, survey — see also census, enumeration, review, survey
  • Macedonian: рецензија (recenzija) — census, enumeration, review, survey — see also census, enumeration, review, survey
  • Polish: cenzus — census, enumeration, review, survey — see also census, enumeration, review, survey
  • Swedish: recension — census, enumeration, review, survey — see also census, enumeration, review, survey
  • Albanian: recensioni — critical revision of a text
  • Bulgarian: преработване (prerabotvane) — critical revision of a text
  • Czech: recenze — critical revision of a text
  • French: recension — critical revision of a text
  • German: Rezension — critical revision of a text
  • Greek: αναθεώρηση (anatheórisi) — critical revision of a text
  • Hungarian: recenzió — critical revision of a text
  • Irish: atheagar — critical revision of a text
  • Irish: athleagan — critical revision of a text
  • Macedonian: рецензија (recenzija) — critical revision of a text
  • Polish: opracowanie krytyczne — critical revision of a text
  • Portuguese: recensão — critical revision of a text
  • Russian: изво́д (izvód) — critical revision of a text
  • Serbo-Croatian: recenzija — critical revision of a text
  • Serbo-Croatian: рецензија — critical revision of a text
  • Spanish: recensión — critical revision of a text
  • Welsh: ailolyniad — critical revision of a text
  • Welsh: ailolyniadau — critical revision of a text
  • Bulgarian: преработка (prerabotka) — text established by critical revision
  • Irish: atheagar — text established by critical revision
  • Irish: athleagan — text established by critical revision
  • Polish: opracowanie krytyczne — text established by critical revision
  • Welsh: ailolyniad — text established by critical revision
  • Welsh: ailolyniadau — text established by critical revision
  • Polish: recenzja — family of manuscripts which share similar traits
  • Russian: изво́д (izvód) — family of manuscripts which share similar traits