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# revision

«revision» in Mova's school dictionary: **going over what you learned before so that you remember…** — 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

noun (revision, revisions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Revision is going over what you learned before so that you remember it well, often before a test (a word used mostly in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; in the USA people say «review»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#m1)

2) A revision is a change made to improve a piece of writing or a plan: a revision of my story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a set of review problems from earlier lessons («First, a little revision of what we learned before: Adding within 20»); in revision the problems are mixed, so each one must be read on its own; in writing lessons, revising a draft to make it better

### examples

- First, a little revision of what we learned before: Adding within 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#x1)
- Today's lesson: Revision: which operation? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#x2)
- In revision, read each problem and choose the operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#x3)
- We did some revision before the spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#x4)
- Revision helps you remember your times tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#x5)
- My story needs a few revisions before I hand it in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#x6)
- The teacher gave us a revision sheet for the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revision/#x7)

### note

Carries no operation clue; mixed problems follow, so each one must be read on its own. Verb «revise» (revise for a test; revise a story). Uncountable when it means studying (some revision); countable when it means a change (two revisions).

### In the corpora

- [Making a revision plan with AI is a good use, as long as you then follow the plan yourself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/11/)
- [Worrying more does not make revision work better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/12/)
- [Revision games and quizzes are real practice, and they make it less stressful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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