revision
Americannoun
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revisions
plural
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the act or work of revising.
- Synonyms:
- emendation, correction, alteration
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a process of revising.
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a revised form or version, as of a book.
noun
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the act or process of revising
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the process of rereading a subject or notes on it, esp in preparation for an examination
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a corrected or new version of a book, article, etc
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Etymology
Origin of revision
First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin revīsiōn-, stem of revīsiō; equivalent to revise + -ion
Explanation
When you make a revision, you go about editing or rethinking whatever it is you're working on. So that paper on Donald Duck's influence in national politics? It could probably use a revision or two. The word revision is made up of re, as in "repeat" or "redo," and vision. So you can think of a revision as a redo of your original vision. It's related to the word revise, which is the act of making changes to something original. Just about anything can get revised, from a script that needs rewrites to a wardrobe with some questionable pieces.
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You can say, “I don’t really want to look at this Google Doc, and pound through another revision of this memo that I’m writing,” but you can force yourself to do it.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
More than 130 million names have been removed from electoral lists under the revision exercise, according to media reports.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The revision to forecasts shows how much ASML’s fortunes have come to benefit from the buildout of data centers that turned chips into a red-hot commodity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The Congress and CJP have both organised protests over the voter roll revision.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Julia'd said good-bye to the Lambs and'd gone to Kate Alfrick's to do some History revision.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its forecast for Britain’s full-year growth to 1.3%, among the largest upward revisions of any developed nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Lawmakers in Okinawa adopted a resolution on Friday calling for revisions to a pact seen as giving the United States military preferential treatment in Japan, following a murder allegedly committed by an American Marine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“On 30 years of monthly data, breadth at today’s level has typically been with a year-over-year gain of about 30%, leaving the group materially below where revisions would imply,” they said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
But it provides fresh context, because the PCE release incorporated the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s annual update, including revisions reaching back to 2021.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026
I explained how I would think of an idea, would make an outline of the story, and then type it up and do whatever revisions were necessary.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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