revision

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] (US) enPR: rəvĭzh'ən, rĭvĭzh'ən, IPA(key): /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩], /ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] (Canada) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ɹɪˈvɪʒ.n̩] (Australian) IPA(key): /ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ɹəˈvɪʒ.n̩] Rhymes: -ɪʒən === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French révision, from Latin revīsiō. ==== Noun ==== revision (countable and uncountable, plural revisions) (uncountable) The process of revising: The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending. 2004, Mara Kalnins (editor), Note on the Text, Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale, page xxxix, The full history of its composition, revision, transmission, and publication is a complex and intricate one beyond the necessarily limited scope of this Note, […] . (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one′s notes in preparation for a test or examination. (countable) A changed edition, or new version; a modification. 1992, Helen Baron, Carl Baron (editors), Introduction, The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H, Lawrence: Sons and Lovers, Part 1, 2002 paperback edition, Cambridge University Press, page lxxx, However, it is evident in a minority of cases that a revision by Lawrence is prompted solely by the need to remedy some local effect caused by Garnett′s deletion, and there, clearly, Lawrence′s MS text is, in principle, to be preferred. 2008, World Bank, page 209, Previous editions of World Development Indicators used revision 2, first published in 1948. Revision 3 was completed in 1989, and many countries now use it. But revision 2 is still widely used for compiling cross-country data. (countable) A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author. ===== Synonyms ===== (UK, Australia, New Zealand: reviewing something previously learned): review (US) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From re- + vision. ==== Verb ==== revision (third-person singular simple present revisions, present participle revisioning, simple past and past participle revisioned) To provide with a new vision. === Anagrams === ivorines, visioner == Finnish == === Noun === revision genitive singular of revisio === Anagrams === inversio == Swedish == === Noun === revision c an audit a revision (change) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “revision”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “revision”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “revision”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === visioner