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revision

/ɹiˈvɪʒən/ree-VIH-zhuhn
/ɹiˈvɪʒən/ree-VIH-zhuhn

Meaningthe act of revising

Common meaning: a change or review

Other meanings: study for an exam

Journey through time

  1. Latinreviseresource
  2. Frenchréviser‘to revise’source
  3. Englishrevise‘change something after reviewing it’
  4. Englishformed in English from reviserevision‘a change or review’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from revise + -ion.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REVISE, p.507 · scan

Source words

  • revisere Latin · source word “look again”

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