revision

See also revisión, and révision

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

revision (countable and uncountable; plural revisions)

1. The act of revising.
2. A changed edition, or new version; a modification.
3. A story corrected or expanded by an author commissioned by the original writer.

   a revision story

4. (UK, New Zealand, Australian) (uncountable) The looking back over of one's (previously learnt or written) notes in preparation for a test or examination.

   All that last minute revision really paid off in the exam! I got top marks!

Related terms

• revisal
• revise
• revisionary
• revisionist

Translations

act of revising

Arabic: مراجعة (ar) (murājaʿa) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 復習 (zh), 复习 (zh) (fùxí) Czech: revize (cs) f. Dutch: herziening Finnish: tarkastus (fi), tarkistus (fi) French: révision (fr) f. German: Wiederholung (de) f., Überarbeitung (de) f.

Greek: αναθεώρηση (el) (anatheórisi) f. Italian: revisione (it) f. Japanese: 復習 (ja) (ふくしゅう, fukushū) Korean: 복습 (ko) (bokseup) (復習 (ko)) Russian: повторение (ru) (povtorénije) n., пересмотр (ru) (peresmótr) m., ревизия (ru) (revízija) f. (audit) Scottish Gaelic: sùil air ais (gd) f., ath-sgrùdadh (gd) m.

changed edition

Czech: revize (cs) f. Dutch: herziening

French: modification (fr) Greek: αναθεώρηση (el) (anatheórisi) f., διασκευή (el) (diaskeví) f.

Anagrams

• visioner

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Finnish

Noun

revision

1. Genitive singular form of revisio.

Anagrams

• inversio

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Swedish

Noun

revision c.

1. a revision, an audit
2. a revision, a version, a change

Declension

Declension of revision

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	revision	revisionen	revisioner	revisionerna
genitive	revisions	revisionens	revisioners	revisionernas

Related terms

• revidera
• revisionism
• revisionist
• revisionsbyrå
• revisionshistorik
• revisor
• Riksrevisionen