Standard Lemma guide

revise

noun · verb · 8 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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
  • Canada: /ɹəˈvaɪz/
  • Australian: /ɹɪˈvɑez/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ɹəˈvaɪ̯z/
  • New-Zealand: [ɹəˈvɑe̯z]
  • rhymes with -aɪz
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 V AY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 V AY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A review or a revision.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, printing, publishing

Examples

  • 1869 August 16, Anthony Trollope, letter to W. H. Bradbury, 1983, N. John Hall (editor), The Letters of Anthony Trollope, Volume 1: 1835-1870, page 479, Looking back at the revises of Bullhampton it seems to me that the printers have fallen into some error as to the numbering of Chapters XXXIV—XXXV—XXXVI—which should have been XXXV—XXXVI— and XXXVII.
  • 1917, United States Congress: House Committee on Rules, Alleged Divulgence of President′s note to Belligerent Powers, page 1440, I still held the revises; kept them until the type was made up and went to the press, for final page proof.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This statute should be revised.
  • 1983, Willard Scott Thompson, Chapter 1: The Third World Revisited, Willard Scott Thompson (editor), The Third World: Premises of U.S. Policy, Revised edition, page 15, The chapter that deals specifically with singular examples is Daniel Pipes′ revised study of the Third World peoples of Soviet Central Asia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK

Examples

  • I've only just begun to revise for my exams.
  • 2008, Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield, Chapter 19: How to build your memory and revise effectively, Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University, SAGE Publications, UK, page 273.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: review

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To look at again, to reflect on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of rewriting something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: revision, revisal, rescript

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rewriting, revising

7

verb

Meaning 7

make revisions in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • revise a thesis

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rewrite

Narrower terms: amend

8

verb

Meaning 8

revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We must retool the town's economy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: retool

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reorganize, reorganise, shake up

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”).

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: преглед (pregled) — review or a revision
  • Bulgarian: ревизия (revizija) — review or a revision
  • Finnish: arviointi — review or a revision
  • Bulgarian: втора корекция (vtora korekcija) — (printing) a second proof sheet
  • Manx: aaphroofey — (printing) a second proof sheet
  • Arabic: راجع (rāgiʕ) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Bulgarian: ревизирам (reviziram) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Catalan: revisar — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Chinese Mandarin: 修改 (xiūgǎi) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Czech: revidovat — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Danish: revidere — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Dutch: herzien — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Finnish: tarkistaa — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Finnish: arvioida (uudelleen) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Finnish: muuttaa — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Finnish: korjata — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • French: revoir — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • German: revidieren — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • German: ändern — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • German: überarbeiten — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Hungarian: felülbírál — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Hungarian: felülvizsgál — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Italian: rivedere — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Japanese: 改正する (kaisei suru) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Japanese: 改める (aratameru) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Japanese: 修正する (shūsei suru) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Persian: تجدید نظر کردن (tajdid-e nazar kardan) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Portuguese: revisar — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Russian: пересма́тривать (peresmátrivatʹ) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Russian: пересмотре́ть (peresmotrétʹ) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Russian: переде́лывать (peredélyvatʹ) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Russian: переде́лать (peredélatʹ) — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrùd — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Spanish: corregir — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Spanish: enmendar — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Spanish: modificar — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Spanish: actualizar — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Spanish: emendar — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Spanish: subsanar — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Spanish: rectificar — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Volapük: revidön — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Welsh: adolygu — to review, alter and amend, especially of written material
  • Belarusian: паўтара́ць (pawtarácʹ) — to look over again
  • Bulgarian: повта́рям (povtárjam) — to look over again
  • Bulgarian: преглеждам (pregleždam) — to look over again
  • Chinese Cantonese: 溫習 /温习 (wan1 zaap6) — to look over again
  • Chinese Cantonese: 溫書 /温书 (wan1 syu1) — to look over again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 復習 /复习 (fùxí) — to look over again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溫習 /温习 (wēnxí) — to look over again
  • Danish: repetere — to look over again
  • Finnish: kerrata — to look over again
  • Finnish: kertailla — to look over again
  • French: revoir — to look over again
  • French: réviser — to look over again
  • German: wiederholen — to look over again
  • German: rekapitulieren — to look over again
  • German: repetieren — to look over again
  • German: darüber schauen — to look over again
  • Greek: αναθεωρώ (anatheoró) — to look over again
  • Hungarian: átismétel — to look over again
  • Japanese: 復習する (fukushū suru) — to look over again
  • Korean: 복습하다 (bokseuphada) — to look over again
  • Manchu: ᡠᡵᡝᠪᡠᠮᡝ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᠮᠪᡳ (urebume tacimbi) — to look over again
  • Māori: huritao — to look over again
  • Polish: powtarzać — to look over again
  • Portuguese: revisar — to look over again
  • Russian: повторя́ть (povtorjátʹ) — to look over again
  • Russian: повтори́ть (povtorítʹ) — to look over again
  • Spanish: repasar — to look over again
  • Spanish: revisar — to look over again
  • Ukrainian: повто́рювати (povtórjuvaty) — to look over again
  • Vietnamese: ôn — to look over again
  • Vietnamese: ôn tập — to look over again
  • Welsh: adolygu — to look over again