revise
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Động từ
verb- 1.
To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
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.
- 2.
(Australia, New Zealand, UK)To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: review
- 3.
(obsolete)To look at again, to reflect on.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A review or a revision.
- 2.
(printing) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
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.
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Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (examine), frequentative of videō (see).