English
revision
Pronunciation
  • enPR: rēvĭzh'ən, IPA: /riˈvɪ.ʒ(ə)n/
Noun

revision

  1. (uncountable) The process of revising:
    1. The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.
      • 2002, James D. Lester, James D. Lester, Jr, Writing Research Papers, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZR494hn7y6QC&q=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22revision|revisions%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22revision|revisions%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7u8LUMHDFOiaiQeIrsS0DQ&redir_esc=y page 195],
        Revision can turn a passable paper into an excellent one and change an excellent one into a radiant one.
      • 2004, Mara Kalnins (editor), Note on the Text, Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CJoNgu9L0IgC&pg=PR39&dq=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22revision|revisions%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7u8LUMHDFOiaiQeIrsS0DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22%20-intitle%3A%22revision|revisions%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page xxxix],
        The full history of its composition, revision, transmission, and publication is a complex and intricate one beyond the necessarily limited scope of this Note, […] .
      • 2010, Dov M. Gabbay, Franz Guenthner (editors), Handbook of Philosophical Logic, Volume 16, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IF9UGCsIgA8C&pg=PA37&dq=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22revision|revisions%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7u8LUMHDFOiaiQeIrsS0DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22%20-intitle%3A%22revision|revisions%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 37],
        Many formalisms for belief revision use extraneous mechanisms for deciding what beliefs to keep and this makes it harder to iterate the process.
    2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one′s notes in preparation for a test or examination.
      All that last minute revision really paid off in the exam! I got top marks!
      • 2008, Philip A. Kalra (editor), [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RS_MC8wb48EC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eBwMUMzACcyciAfrkPG1DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false Essential Revision Notes in Medicine for Students], Volume 1.
  2. (countable) A changed edition, or new version; a modification.
    • 2004, Robert McConnell Productions, Henry M. Robert, Robert′s Rules of Order: Simplified and Applied, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vv4njPwKHyUC&pg=PA331&dq=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22revision|revisions%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7u8LUMHDFOiaiQeIrsS0DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22%20-intitle%3A%22revision|revisions%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 331],
      The first thing members need to understand about a revision is that the current bylaws are not under consideration at all. If the revision is defeated, no changes to the current bylaws take place.
    • 1992, Helen Baron, Carl Baron (editors), Introduction, The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H, Lawrence: Sons and Lovers, Part 1, 2002 paperback edition, Cambridge University Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mqeq176SkZ0C&pg=PR80&dq=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22revision|revisions%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7u8LUMHDFOiaiQeIrsS0DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22%20-intitle%3A%22revision|revisions%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page lxxx],
      However, it is evident in a minority of cases that a revision by Lawrence is prompted solely by the need to remedy some local effect caused by Garnett′s deletion, and there, clearly, Lawrence′s MS text is, in principle, to be preferred.
    • 2008, World Bank, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=O67oDJW01pwC&pg=PA209&dq=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22revision|revisions%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7u8LUMHDFOiaiQeIrsS0DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22%20-intitle%3A%22revision|revisions%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 209],
      Previous editions of World Development Indicators used revision 2, first published in 1948. Revision 3 was completed in 1989, and many countries now use it. But revision 2 is still widely used for compiling cross-country data.
    • 2012, Bill Fane, David Byrnes, AutoCAD 2013 For Dummies, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rgcszwWxmREC&pg=PA189&dq=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22+-intitle:%22revision|revisions%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7u8LUMHDFOiaiQeIrsS0DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22revision%22|%22revisions%22%20-intitle%3A%22revision|revisions%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 189],
      Include the revision number. You may need to add a triangle and number, shown in Figure 9-6, to indicate the revision number.
  3. (countable) A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author.
    A revision story
Synonyms
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand: reviewing something previously learned) review (US)
Translations Translations Verb

revision (revisions, present participle revisioning; past and past participle revisioned)

  1. To provide with a new vision.
    What philosophy needs is to be revised with a more hopeful, engaged inspirational point of view.


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