Revision Rɪˈvɪʒn Made Minor Report Printing System Noun

• he made some minor revisions to the report before printing it out.
• a system in need of revision
• a revision of trading standards
• their educational policies are due for revision.

revision

1. a change or set of changes to something
• He made some minor revisions to the report before printing it out.
2. the act of changing something, or of examining something with the intention of changing it
• a system in need of revision
• a revision of trading standards
• Their educational policies are due for revision.
3. the process of learning work for an exam
• Have you started your revision yet?
• a revision class/course/timetable

Extra Examples

• A revision of the budget was approved in October.
• I’ve got to do some history revision tonight.
• Our conclusions are always open to revision in the light of fresh evidence.
• The plan has recently undergone drastic revision.
• The process of revision continued at rehearsals.
• These guidebooks require constant revision.
• They called for revisions to the treaty.
• This has brought about a radical revision in the style of school management.
• an upward revision of government expenditure plans
• revision for tomorrow’s history exam
• revisions to the plan
• He made some minor revisions to the report before printing it out
• The system is in need of revision.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from French révision or late Latin revisio(n-), from the verb revisere ‘look at again’, from re- ‘again’ + visere (intensive form of videre ‘to see’).