REVISE


Meaning of REVISE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a revised edition (= one that has more information than a previous edition, or contains corrections )

The revised edition includes a chapter on Gordon Brown.

a revised version

In a revised version of the script, this scene was cut .

revise a forecast (= change it because of new information )

The company has revised its sales forecast.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

down

Given this, the production index could be revised down to a fall of 1 percent.

The government has said it will revise down its initial 2. 8 percent growth target in coming weeks.

That's revised down 5 feet from earlier Tuesday.

downwards

They suggest that forecasts of warming may have to revised downwards .

recently

The genus Cryptocoryne has been revised recently by the senior author.

upwards

The forecasts for earnings per share this year and in 1994 have been revised upwards to just under 15%.

These expectations have been revised upwards to 27 %.

Skoda plans to produce 300,000 Fabias a year, but that figure could be revised upwards .

But benefits were regularly revised upwards to similar effect elsewhere.

Second quarter figures had to be revised upwards by more than one percentage point from the estimate of 10.3%.

Next year's growth forecast has also been revised upwards , but only from 2.3 percent to 2.4 percent.

■ NOUN

account

Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.

edition

This revised and expanded edition has two new chapters on capillary electrophoresis and supercritical fluid chromatography.

The book first came out in 1994 and a revised edition was published this year.

The Guide has recently been slightly revised and the second edition should now be in all centres.

The Yellow Book is currently being revised and the existing edition is due to be entirely replaced.

estimate

Table 6.13 below shows a revised estimate of daily water use.

law

Under the revised law , says Prof.

Filner insisted yesterday that the federal letter of clarification has solved the problem, and state legislators will revise state law .

But weak economic performance, supporters said, is precisely why Kim has pushed so hard to revise the labor law .

opinion

But he had cause to revise his opinion a moment later when they opened the door and went in.

It urged Mr Dornbusch to revise his opinion .

It is hard to revise that opinion , having seen the early results.

There was a rustle of a sigh from the audience and I began to revise my opinion of her likely commercial success.

He hadn't revised his opinion of her at all!

And she wasn't going to rest until he'd revised his opinion of her.

plan

Stage 7: Reviewing - Reassessing needs and the service outcomes with a view to revising the care plan at specified intervals.

Seeing this, Miles and Evan revised their plans .

We believe it is vital that the Secretary of State is persuaded to revise his plans .

The planning process includes a series of public meetings this fall, with the revised plan scheduled for adoption next spring.

Special Branch officers who are planning protection for the forthcoming general election are likely to revise their plans.

Hastily revising his plans for my career, he settled us into our Cape Cod retreat and went on the offensive.

The sanctions committee was expected toback Mr Galloway's revised plans .

A decision on whether to fund the project will be made next spring, as commissioners revise long-term plans .

policy

The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies .

view

The chances are that he will see his inconsistency and revise his moral views , either exonerating Smith or condemning himself.

Maria revised her view about sucking lemons.

The fact that he appeared to revise his views between 1885 and 1914 is not necessarily important.

work

You went through a period when you spent most of your time revising your existing works .

So I revised my works from that point of view, and some others from a conceptual point of view.

But there comes a point when I stop revising my works .

This comprehension exercise also revises previous grammar work .

■ VERB

begin

There was a rustle of a sigh from the audience and I began to revise my opinion of her likely commercial success.

So some economists began to revise their assumptions.

need

Does the hand-out need revising in the light of new reports etc? 7.

Occasionally you may need to revise your goals.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Ahmed's upstairs, revising.

By the time the President arrived at Keflavlk, the revised speech was ready.

Cheney is urging that the policy be revised.

He gave his work to his friend to revise , because he found it hard to see his own mistakes.

I'd like you read my story once I've revised it.

The library was full of students revising for the final exams.

The plan was revised and the fee lowered to $600.

The publisher will not accept your manuscript until it has been thoroughly revised.

This discovery made them revise their old ideas.

What are you revising tonight?

You should review and revise the plan in the light of events as they unfold.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Alison was in fact often absent, revising her television play and writing her next play.

All told, the Communists could come out of the general election with some 45-50 seats in the revised 500-seat lower house.

He then organized a team of five employees who revised the proposal and several other documents-without interrupting the regular work flow.

The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies.

The study also prompted the U. S. Department of Agriculture to revise and shorten its recommended roasting times.

There were other stops and a final revised target of 245.

They are intended to be used to consolidate or to revise language which has already been presented in other ways.

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