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revision.

The process of revising:

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/UK[ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩]UK/ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/US[ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩]US
  1. The process of revising: The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The process of revising: The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one′s notes in preparation for a test or examination.

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · countable · uncountable
    All that last minute revision really paid off in the exam! I got top marks!
  3. A changed edition, or new version; a modification.

    countable
  4. A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author.

    countable
    A revision story
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French révision, from Latin revīsiō.

verb/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/UK[ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩]UK/ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/US[ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩]US
  1. To provide with a new vision.

    What philosophy needs is to be revisioned with a more hopeful, engaged inspirational point of view.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Middle English visioun English vision English revision From re- + vision.

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