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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
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: 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
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: 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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The two officials also introduced the beginnings of plans to revise Ellicott City’s master plan for long-term design and flood mitigation.
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Plath’s thesis begins its influence on The Bell Jar’s first page, an opening that revises Dostoyevsky’s.
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On Monday, the administration revised that estimate to 54.
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Retail-sales figures were also revised in light of a new survey, making them incomparable with those reported last year.
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Job gains in December and January were also revised upward by a total of 54,000.
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Though nothing has tried harder to derail the Showdown than last year when the NCAA revised rules that meant the marquee games could no longer be played at Nippert Stadium.
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Urquhart’s story is especially relevant in his hometown of Philadelphia, since a law revised in October 2017 expanded access to purchasing certain explosives in Pennsylvania.
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The Firearm Owner's Protection Act The Firearm Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) revises some of the terms of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'revise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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
See Words from the same yearrevise Synonyms
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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