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# revise

verb (revise, revises, revised, revising); noun revision

«revise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To revise (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) means to study again what you have learned, to get ready for a test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#m1)
2. To revise means to change and improve a piece of writing or a plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#m2)
3. To revise a number or opinion means to change it because of new information. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#m3)

### In the lessons

School: revising times tables or spellings before a test (in the USA people say «study» or «review»). Writing: draft, revise, edit, publish — revising means improving the ideas and words. Science: scientists revise ideas when new evidence comes. Phrases: revise for a test, revise your work, revise a plan, revision notes.

### Examples

- I need to revise for my spelling test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x1)
- Revise your story to make the ending stronger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x2)
- She revised her times tables every night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x3)
- The scientists revised their idea after the new experiment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x4)
- We revised our plan because of the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x5)
- Make revision cards to help you revise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x6)

### Note

Past: revised, -ing: revising. In American English «revise» means only «change and improve», not «study again». Revising writing (changing ideas) is different from editing (fixing spelling and punctuation).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «revise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«revise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/revise.html) on Mova free.