revise

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ UK /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #20615

Meanings

1

verb
To change or improve something, especially a piece of writing.

I had to revise my essay several times before it was good.
2

verb
To study again something you have already learned, especially before an exam.

I've only just begun to revise for my exams.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to change or improve... overhaul

2 verb · to study again something... review

Word family

Forms revisedrevisesrevising

Derived forms misrevisenonrevisedrereviserevisedreviseerevisinglyrevisorunrevised

Related forms revisablerevisalreviserrevisionrevisionismrevisionistrevisory

Simplified etymology

Revise entered English in the mid-16th century with the sense “look again or repeatedly at.” It ultimately derives from Latin videre “to see,” the same source as vision, provide, visit, and visual.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”).

réviser Middle French revīsō Latin

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# revise

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
**Frequency rank:** 20615

## Meanings
1. To change or improve something, especially a piece of writing.
2. To study again something you have already learned, especially before an exam.

## Examples
- I had to revise my essay several times before it was good.
- I've only just begun to revise for my exams.

## Derived Forms
- misrevise
- nonrevised
- rerevise
- revised
- revisee
- revisingly
- revisor
- unrevised

## Related Forms
- revisable
- revisal
- reviser
- revision
- revisionism
- revisionist
- revisory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: réviser
- Root: revīsō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”).

## AI Etymology
Revise is borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”). Modern senses include to change or improve something, especially a piece of writing. and to study again something you have already learned, especially before an exam.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as misrevise, nonrevised, rerevise, revised, revisee, and revisingly and related forms such as revisable, revisal, reviser, and revision.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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