revise

«revise» in Mova's school dictionary: To revise (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) means to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (revise, revises, revised, revising); noun revision

meaning for a pupil

1) To revise (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) means to study again what you have learned, to get ready for a test. tree →

2) To revise means to change and improve a piece of writing or a plan. tree →

3) To revise a number or opinion means to change it because of new information. tree →

sense in the lessons

School: revising times tables or spellings before a test (in the USA people say «study» or «review»). Writing: draft, revise, edit, publish — revising means improving the ideas and words. Science: scientists revise ideas when new evidence comes. Phrases: revise for a test, revise your work, revise a plan, revision notes.

examples

• I need to revise for my spelling test. tree →
• Revise your story to make the ending stronger. tree →
• She revised her times tables every night. tree →
• The scientists revised their idea after the new experiment. tree →
• We revised our plan because of the rain. tree →
• Make revision cards to help you revise. tree →

note

Past: revised, -ing: revising. In American English «revise» means only «change and improve», not «study again». Revising writing (changing ideas) is different from editing (fixing spelling and punctuation).

In the corpora

• Asking a bot for practice questions is a smart way to revise, if they cover the right topics.
• Good readers revise their predictions as they find new clues.
• Revising a little on several days helps you remember for longer than revising only the night before.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «revise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.