Revision
[rɪ'vɪʒ(ə)n] or [rɪ'vɪʒən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); 'it would require a drastic revision of his opinion'.
(noun.) the act of rewriting something.
Typist: Marvin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.
(n.) That which is made by revising.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Review, revisal, revise, reconsideration, re-examination.
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Examples
- No one is absolved from experiment and constant revision. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Arrangement, revision, reading, from four to five. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- On a calm revision of all the circumstances--Is my conduct worthy of any serious blame? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This calls for revision of the original aim; it has to be added to and subtracted from. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I proceed to the arrangement of my slips--to the revision of my slips--to the reading of my slips--addressed emphatically to your private ear. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Clearly the last few centuries have been typically a period of revision and reorganization of beliefs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The constitution then underwent considerable revision, and Washington upon the Potomac was selected as the Federal capital. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I know that syndicalism means a revision of some of our plans--that it is an intrusion upon many a glib prejudice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- On one hand, it has screened and protected traditional studies and methods of teaching from intelligent criticism and needed revisions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The net results of all the revisions amounted, however, to a revolution of prior conceptions of the world. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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