REVISION Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

revision

noun

ri-ˈvi-zhən

Definition of revision

as in alteration

the act, process, or result of making different a finicky author who makes countless revisions before submitting a work for publication

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Recent Examples of revision On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission announced the change as part of several revisions to the ban, which landed last month and originally seemed broad in scope. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 Thus, our models of galaxy formation may need some serious revision in the near future. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Wells made the Orioles’ 2021 opening-day roster and, though requiring a revision to his elbow surgery that sidelined him for much of 2024-25, had been in the league since, moving into the O’s rotation then back to the bullpen. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 These and other revisions, refined over a multiyear process, brought on board two of the world’s biggest tiremakers, Bridgestone and Michelin. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revision

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Noun

Every month, those cameras capture billions of license plates and other details about cars, including makes, models, colors and any alterations.

— Meg Anderson, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026
Projects such as new construction, additions, alteration or repairs, grading, retaining and fence walls, sign permits, swimming pools, change of use and use of land permits would qualify for fast-tracking.

— City News Service, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of alteration

Noun

After years of demanding change from outside the system, Johnson will now help shape accountability from within it.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
But after two decades in the rearview, Pluto’s demotion still stirs anger and controversy, and many people regard its change in status as a very bad thing.

— Mike Brown, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of change

Noun

Those ideas say some people are superior to others, and the inequality that exists in the world around us reflects those innate differences, and inequality is a good thing, and a necessary thing, and the only real way to organize social life.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent sales data suggest shoppers are responding to the price difference.

— Beth Livesay, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of difference

Noun

Counter walked IndieWire through a maze of electrical and ventilation equipment that has accumulated additions and modifications over the decades — all of it above a massive pitch-black attic.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
Instead, focus on physical barriers and habitat modification.

— Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of modification

Noun

Districts make major decisions in the winter and spring, often before the Governor’s January proposal, before the May revise, and always before the final state budget is approved.

— Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Tuesday’s rally came as lawmakers prepare to receive Newsom’s May revise of his January budget proposal, which takes in changes to state revenues over the first half of the year.

— Andrew Graham April 29, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of revise

Noun

Instead, Leon County Circuit Judge David Frank ordered a rewrite — a job that, oddly enough, does not fall to the lawmakers who put the amendment on the ballot in the first place.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
In response to a list of questions that ProPublica submitted to the governor’s office, a spokesperson defended the amendment using much the same language that critics call deceptive.

— Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026

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