revision
Origin of revision
1Other words for revision
Other words from revision
- re·vi·sion·al, re·vi·sion·ar·y, adjective
- non·re·vi·sion, noun
- pre·re·vi·sion, noun
- pro·re·vi·sion, adjective
Words Nearby revision
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How to use revision in a sentence
These revisions come on top of revenue losses in FY2020, when the shuttering of businesses began.
COVID-19 has another long-term side effect: A shrinking tax base | cleaf2013 | August 31, 2020 | FortuneThat helped establish a model for revisions to an old piece of legislation, from 1948, that would eventually become known as the Clean Water Act.
In the 1960s, after Paschini’s death, the church relented, authorizing publication — but only after revisions that bowdlerized the original version to portray the church in a more favorable light.
A new Galileo biography draws parallels to today’s science denialism | Tom Siegfried | August 11, 2020 | Science NewsWe urge the city to slow down the approval process to allow for the sharing of any revisions and refinements made by city staff prior to seeking decision-makers’ approvals.
New Plan for City Parks Misses the Point | Deborah Sharpe, Howard Greenstein and Jeff Harkness | July 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIf you’re having to track revisions and control permissions in other software, you’re wasting valuable time.
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At its most simplified, the revision allows big players more access to insured deposits while making certain types of bets.
Despite this revision, the Bosworth Field Visitor Center will remain in the village where it is, closer to the wrong site.
Three Dicks: Cheney, Nixon, Richard III and the Art of Reputation Rehab | Clive Irving | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat differential accounted for about 60 percent of the downward revision.
But it represented a very substantial revision from what the government had originally reported.
At first blush, the substantial downward revision is something of a mystery.
This is, of course, possible, but it cannot be more than speculation; the final Dunciad does show evidence of hasty revision.
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope | Colley CibberHe achieved his highest fame from his connection with the revision of the statutes of New York.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellI have not been able to read these pages, and have been compelled to entrust their revision to other eyes and other hands.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiLater, however, progress became a little more rapid and the revision was completed on 11 November, 1880.
A History of the Cambridge University Press | S. C. RobertsThe laws which govern the collection of the tithe-composition in Ireland require revision and amendment.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
British Dictionary definitions for revision
/ (rɪˈvɪʒən) /
the act or process of revising
British the process of rereading a subject or notes on it, esp in preparation for an examination
a corrected or new version of a book, article, etc
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