Revise
verb
To change something to improve or make it more accurate.
She revised her paper for her final class project.
Often appears as...
- revise a plan
- revise a paper
verb
To read and correct or improve a piece of writing.
He revised his novel over a hundred times before publication.
Often appears as...
- revise a manuscript
- revise a script
verb
To study again something you have learned, especially for an exam.
Are you revising for the English exam?
Often appears as...
- revise for a test
- revise a subject
verb
To change something to improve or make it more accurate.
She revised her paper for her final class project.
Often appears as...
- revise a plan
- revise a paper
verb
To read and correct or improve a piece of writing.
He revised his novel over a hundred times before publication.
Often appears as...
- revise a manuscript
- revise a script
verb
To study again something you have learned, especially for an exam.
Are you revising for the English exam?
Often appears as...
- revise for a test
- revise a subject
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Improvement Focus
To revise means focusing on making something better or more accurate, not just making any change.
She revised her thesis to sharpen her argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Big Changes
Revisions can be minor, such as tweaking words for clarity, not only big alterations.
He revised the document’s wording for better flow.
Pro Tip 3/3Constructive Process
Think of revising as constructive criticism of your own work to reach perfection.
They revised their business proposal to ensure success.
Pro Tip 1/3Improvement Focus
To revise means focusing on making something better or more accurate, not just making any change.
She revised her thesis to sharpen her argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Big Changes
Revisions can be minor, such as tweaking words for clarity, not only big alterations.
He revised the document’s wording for better flow.
Pro Tip 3/3Constructive Process
Think of revising as constructive criticism of your own work to reach perfection.
They revised their business proposal to ensure success.
Pro Tip 1/3Improvement Focus
To revise means focusing on making something better or more accurate, not just making any change.
She revised her thesis to sharpen her argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Big Changes
Revisions can be minor, such as tweaking words for clarity, not only big alterations.
He revised the document’s wording for better flow.
Pro Tip 3/3Constructive Process
Think of revising as constructive criticism of your own work to reach perfection.
They revised their business proposal to ensure success.
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The moral roots of...
it's from the brain scientist gary marcus he says the initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience nature provides a first draft which experience then revises built-in doesn't mean unmalleable it means organized in advance of experience okay so what's on the first draft of the moral mind to find out um my my colleague craig joseph and i
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How can groups make good...
Research has shown that crowds are wise when there's independent thinking. This why the wisdom of the crowds can be destroyed by peer pressure, publicity, social media, or sometimes even simple conversations that influence how people think. On the other hand, by talking, a group could exchange knowledge, correct and revise each other
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Alison Gopnik: What do...
with conditional probabilities that they're revising to figure out how the world works. All right, now that might seem like an even taller order to actually demonstrate. Because after all, if you ask even grownups about statistics, they look extremely stupid. How could it be that children are doing statistics?
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How fiction can change...
Scholars are discovering evidence that stories shape culture, and that much of what we believe about life comes not from fact, but from fiction - that our ideas of class, marriage and even gender are relatively new, and that many ideologies which held fast for centuries were revised within the 18th century,
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How changing your story...
I can help people to sort out what they want to do, but I can't make their life choices for them. Only you can write your story, and all you need are some tools. So what I want to do is I want to edit this woman's letter together, right here, as a way to show how we can all revise our stories.
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History 101: The...
was the ultimate spiritual authority. Plus, he criticized the Church for selling indulgences, the practice of purchasing forgiveness of one's sins by giving money to the Church. Luther believed the Church needed to revise its doctrine by returning to the Bible's teachings
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Do politics make us...
and support policies they agree with. But partisan-based cognitive dissonance can lead people to reject evidence that’s inconsistent with the party line or discredits party leaders. And when entire groups of people revise the facts in service of partisan beliefs,
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Sheikha Al Mayassa:...
Life necessitates a universal world, however, we believe in the security of having a local identity. And this is what the leaders of this region are trying to do. We're trying to be part of this global village, but at the same time we're revising ourselves
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The way we think about...
And if that can be our generation's enduring legacy -- that we took responsibility for the thinking that had been handed down to us, that we revisited it, we revised it,
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Brazil’s indigenous...
was outside realized that last year the president human didn't I to revise our territory because they say death is not the accordance with the laws but in
Video examples
The moral roots of...
it's from the brain scientist gary marcus he says the initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience nature provides a first draft which experience then revises built-in doesn't mean unmalleable it means organized in advance of experience okay so what's on the first draft of the moral mind to find out um my my colleague craig joseph and i
Video examples
How can groups make good...
Research has shown that crowds are wise when there's independent thinking. This why the wisdom of the crowds can be destroyed by peer pressure, publicity, social media, or sometimes even simple conversations that influence how people think. On the other hand, by talking, a group could exchange knowledge, correct and revise each other
Video examples
Alison Gopnik: What do...
with conditional probabilities that they're revising to figure out how the world works. All right, now that might seem like an even taller order to actually demonstrate. Because after all, if you ask even grownups about statistics, they look extremely stupid. How could it be that children are doing statistics?
Video examples
How fiction can change...
Scholars are discovering evidence that stories shape culture, and that much of what we believe about life comes not from fact, but from fiction - that our ideas of class, marriage and even gender are relatively new, and that many ideologies which held fast for centuries were revised within the 18th century,
Video examples
How changing your story...
I can help people to sort out what they want to do, but I can't make their life choices for them. Only you can write your story, and all you need are some tools. So what I want to do is I want to edit this woman's letter together, right here, as a way to show how we can all revise our stories.
Video examples
History 101: The...
was the ultimate spiritual authority. Plus, he criticized the Church for selling indulgences, the practice of purchasing forgiveness of one's sins by giving money to the Church. Luther believed the Church needed to revise its doctrine by returning to the Bible's teachings
Video examples
Do politics make us...
and support policies they agree with. But partisan-based cognitive dissonance can lead people to reject evidence that’s inconsistent with the party line or discredits party leaders. And when entire groups of people revise the facts in service of partisan beliefs,
Video examples
Sheikha Al Mayassa:...
Life necessitates a universal world, however, we believe in the security of having a local identity. And this is what the leaders of this region are trying to do. We're trying to be part of this global village, but at the same time we're revising ourselves
Video examples
The way we think about...
And if that can be our generation's enduring legacy -- that we took responsibility for the thinking that had been handed down to us, that we revisited it, we revised it,
Video examples
Brazil’s indigenous...
was outside realized that last year the president human didn't I to revise our territory because they say death is not the accordance with the laws but in
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Sun Yat-sen
Chinese Leader
The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously, it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations.
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Yusef Komunyakaa
American Poet
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.
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Maria Semple
American Novelist
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I'm constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline.
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Hallie Ephron
American Novelist
When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are.
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Shoshana Zuboff
American Educator
Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised.
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Elizabeth McCracken
American Author
Revising stuff lately, I was shocked to see how often my characters scratched their ankles, felt their feet, and touched their own ears.
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti
American Writer
When I create a character, it happens in layers. The more I write and revise, the better I understand the characters.
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Wentworth Miller
English Actor
I revise obsessively. It's important to me to have a clean page.
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Nancy Thayer
American Writer
It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.
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Terry Gross
American Journalist
I don't want to help a politician revise the truth.
Quote examples
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese Leader
The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously, it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations.
Quote examples
Yusef Komunyakaa
American Poet
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.
Quote examples
Maria Semple
American Novelist
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I'm constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline.
Quote examples
Hallie Ephron
American Novelist
When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are.
Quote examples
Shoshana Zuboff
American Educator
Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised.
Quote examples
Elizabeth McCracken
American Author
Revising stuff lately, I was shocked to see how often my characters scratched their ankles, felt their feet, and touched their own ears.
Quote examples
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
American Writer
When I create a character, it happens in layers. The more I write and revise, the better I understand the characters.
Quote examples
Wentworth Miller
English Actor
I revise obsessively. It's important to me to have a clean page.
Quote examples
Nancy Thayer
American Writer
It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.
Quote examples
Terry Gross
American Journalist
I don't want to help a politician revise the truth.
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