1. To alter or edit (a text). 2. To reconsider and change or modify: I have revised my opinion of him. See Synonyms at correct. 3. Chiefly British To study again (academic material, for example), as for a test; review.
To revise means to alter or improve a preliminary draft of something, usually a text. When you want your writing to be really great, you must revise it several times until it is perfect. The word revise sounds like the related word revisit, and revising a piece of work does in fact require revisiting it.
to change or alter, esp. after thinking about (something): revised her opinion of him when she saw his work. to change or alter something written to make corrections, improve, etc.: to revise a manuscript.
Definition of revise verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Simple past tense and past participle of revise. Several of his books have passed into new and revised editions and have been translated into English. The translation of Aristotle's Politics, the revision of Plato, and, above all, the translation of Thucydides many times revised, occupied several years.
