revise

Verb

1. To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
3. (obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on.

Noun

1. A review or a revision.
2. A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯z/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

correct

review

edit

amend

rewrite

change

alter

improve

rectify

emend

modify

revision

adjust

check

study

examine

refine

inspect

verify

revamp

vituperate

redraft

revisal

reform

go over

repeat

🔁

rescript

restore

retool

retouch

corrected

amendment

update

recapitulate

reconsider

redact

redo

renew

return

scarify

see again

shift

solve

sort out

substitute

taunt

till

touch up

transmute

twit