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Examples of revise in a Sentence
that paper needs one more revise, and then I think it's ready to turn in
Recent Examples of revise from the Web
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Nine paragraphs of new language were added to a 2012 revise.
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Faulconer’s initial budget proposed a 31 percent cut to $10.4 million, but his May revise softened that to a 15 percent cut to $12.8 million.
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More Politics -- Republicans’ hopes for a revise of the Senate health bill by today are fading, with no quick fix in sight.
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First Known Use of revise
1591
revise Synonyms
Synonyms
alteration, change, difference, modification, redoing, refashioning, remaking, remodeling, revamping, review, revision, reworking, variation;
Antonyms
Related Words
amendment, correction, rectification, reform;
conversion, deformation, distortion, metamorphosis, mutation, transfiguration, transformation;
fluctuation, oscillation, shift;
displacement, replacement, substitution;
Other Printing Terms
epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow
Definition of revise
revised;
revising
1 a
: to look over again in order to correct or improve
- revise a manuscript
2 a
: to make a new, amended, improved, or up-to-date version of
- revise a dictionary
b
: to provide with a new taxonomic arrangement
- revising the alpine ferns
British
: review 1
Examples of revise in a Sentence
We have to revise our plans because of the delays.
I would like to revise my estimate.
Recent Examples of revise from the Web
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Mountain Khakis, for example, was one of the first companies to sign the Camber CEO Pledge and has since adjusted salaries and maternity leave, created paternity leave, and revised written policies to work toward pay and opportunity parity on staff.
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Then, in 1819, the state of New Hampshire got embroiled in a dispute among the board of trustees of Dartmouth College and sought to revise the school’s corporate charter.
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Back in September, the data measurement company had predicted a modest increase of 0.5 percent for 2017, but has since had to revise that downward thanks to changes in the market.
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Robock points out, however, that newer studies downwardly revise the climate impacts of Toba’s epic eruption.
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The Washington Post reported Monday that the U.S. -led coalition in Syria is revising its policies on the use of wireless devices as a result.
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But merely revising the causes of death is not enough to determine whether that death was indirectly related to Hurricane Maria.
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The National Park Service also revised its peak bloom forecast Friday, shifting it to from April 8 to April 12 from its earlier March 27 to March 31 (its original prediction was March 17 to 20).
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The Labor Department also revised the state’s job gain in February to 14,800 jobs, up from an earlier estimate of nearly 13,000, a point emphasized by the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
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Origin and Etymology of revise
Middle French reviser, from Latin revisere to look at again, frequentative of revidēre to see again, from re- + vidēre to see — more at wit
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First Known Use: 1545
in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
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Synonym Discussion of revise
correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, revise mean to make right what is wrong. correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects.
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- correct your spelling
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- rectify a misguided policy
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- emend a text
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- set out to remedy the evils of the world
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- redress past social injustices
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- amend a law
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- plans to reform the court system
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- revise the schedule
REVISE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of revise for English Language Learners
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: to make changes especially to correct or improve (something)
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: to study (something) again
REVISE Defined for Kids
Definition of revise for Students
revised;
revising
: to make changes that correct or improve
- I revised my book report.
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