verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a revised edition (= one that has more information than a previous edition, or contains corrections )
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The revised edition includes a chapter on Gordon Brown.
a revised version
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In a revised version of the script, this scene was cut .
revise a forecast (= change it because of new information )
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The company has revised its sales forecast.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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Given this, the production index could be revised down to a fall of 1 percent.
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The government has said it will revise down its initial 2. 8 percent growth target in coming weeks.
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That's revised down 5 feet from earlier Tuesday.
downwards
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They suggest that forecasts of warming may have to revised downwards .
recently
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The genus Cryptocoryne has been revised recently by the senior author.
upwards
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The forecasts for earnings per share this year and in 1994 have been revised upwards to just under 15%.
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These expectations have been revised upwards to 27 %.
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Skoda plans to produce 300,000 Fabias a year, but that figure could be revised upwards .
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But benefits were regularly revised upwards to similar effect elsewhere.
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Second quarter figures had to be revised upwards by more than one percentage point from the estimate of 10.3%.
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Next year's growth forecast has also been revised upwards , but only from 2.3 percent to 2.4 percent.
■ NOUN
account
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Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.
edition
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This revised and expanded edition has two new chapters on capillary electrophoresis and supercritical fluid chromatography.
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The book first came out in 1994 and a revised edition was published this year.
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The Guide has recently been slightly revised and the second edition should now be in all centres.
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The Yellow Book is currently being revised and the existing edition is due to be entirely replaced.
estimate
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Table 6.13 below shows a revised estimate of daily water use.
law
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Under the revised law , says Prof.
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Filner insisted yesterday that the federal letter of clarification has solved the problem, and state legislators will revise state law .
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But weak economic performance, supporters said, is precisely why Kim has pushed so hard to revise the labor law .
opinion
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But he had cause to revise his opinion a moment later when they opened the door and went in.
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It urged Mr Dornbusch to revise his opinion .
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It is hard to revise that opinion , having seen the early results.
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There was a rustle of a sigh from the audience and I began to revise my opinion of her likely commercial success.
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He hadn't revised his opinion of her at all!
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And she wasn't going to rest until he'd revised his opinion of her.
plan
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Stage 7: Reviewing - Reassessing needs and the service outcomes with a view to revising the care plan at specified intervals.
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Seeing this, Miles and Evan revised their plans .
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We believe it is vital that the Secretary of State is persuaded to revise his plans .
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The planning process includes a series of public meetings this fall, with the revised plan scheduled for adoption next spring.
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Special Branch officers who are planning protection for the forthcoming general election are likely to revise their plans.
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Hastily revising his plans for my career, he settled us into our Cape Cod retreat and went on the offensive.
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The sanctions committee was expected toback Mr Galloway's revised plans .
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A decision on whether to fund the project will be made next spring, as commissioners revise long-term plans .
policy
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The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies .
view
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The chances are that he will see his inconsistency and revise his moral views , either exonerating Smith or condemning himself.
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Maria revised her view about sucking lemons.
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The fact that he appeared to revise his views between 1885 and 1914 is not necessarily important.
work
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You went through a period when you spent most of your time revising your existing works .
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So I revised my works from that point of view, and some others from a conceptual point of view.
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But there comes a point when I stop revising my works .
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This comprehension exercise also revises previous grammar work .
■ VERB
begin
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There was a rustle of a sigh from the audience and I began to revise my opinion of her likely commercial success.
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So some economists began to revise their assumptions.
need
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Does the hand-out need revising in the light of new reports etc? 7.
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Occasionally you may need to revise your goals.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ahmed's upstairs, revising.
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By the time the President arrived at Keflavlk, the revised speech was ready.
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Cheney is urging that the policy be revised.
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He gave his work to his friend to revise , because he found it hard to see his own mistakes.
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I'd like you read my story once I've revised it.
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The library was full of students revising for the final exams.
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The plan was revised and the fee lowered to $600.
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The publisher will not accept your manuscript until it has been thoroughly revised.
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This discovery made them revise their old ideas.
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What are you revising tonight?
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You should review and revise the plan in the light of events as they unfold.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alison was in fact often absent, revising her television play and writing her next play.
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All told, the Communists could come out of the general election with some 45-50 seats in the revised 500-seat lower house.
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He then organized a team of five employees who revised the proposal and several other documents-without interrupting the regular work flow.
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The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies.
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The study also prompted the U. S. Department of Agriculture to revise and shorten its recommended roasting times.
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There were other stops and a final revised target of 245.
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They are intended to be used to consolidate or to revise language which has already been presented in other ways.