REVISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does revise mean? 

• REVISE (noun)
  The noun REVISE has 1 sense:

1. the act of rewriting something

  Familiarity information: REVISE used as a noun is very rare.

• REVISE (verb)
  The verb REVISE has 2 senses:

1. make revisions in

2. revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

  Familiarity information: REVISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of rewriting something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rescript; revisal; revise; revision

Hypernyms ("revise" is a kind of...):

revising; rewriting (editing that involves writing something again)

Derivation:

revise (make revisions in)

• REVISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they revise    ... he / she / it revises   
Past simple: revised   
Past participle: revised   
-ing form: revising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make revisions in

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

revise a thesis

Hypernyms (to "revise" is one way to...):

rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "revise"):

amend (make amendments to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

revisal; revise (the act of rewriting something)

reviser (someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication)

revising (editing that involves writing something again)

revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))

revision (the act of rewriting something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

retool; revise

Context example:

We must retool the town's economy

Hypernyms (to "revise" is one way to...):

reorganise; reorganize; shake up (organize anew)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))

 Context examples 

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