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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#m1)

2) To revise means to change and improve a piece of writing or a plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#m2)

3) To revise a number or opinion means to change it because of new information. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x1)
- Revise your story to make the ending stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x2)
- She revised her times tables every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x3)
- The scientists revised their idea after the new experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x4)
- We revised our plan because of the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x5)
- Make revision cards to help you revise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/12/)
- [Good readers revise their predictions as they find new clues.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/17/)
- [Revising a little on several days helps you remember for longer than revising only the night before.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «revise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.