Revision — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

the act of rewriting something

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻvˈɪʒən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪvˈɪʒən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪvˈɪʒən/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻvˈɪʒən/.

Examples

it would require a drastic revision of his opinion
the rewrite was much better

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rescript rewrite revisal revise alteration

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) “it would require a drastic revision of his opinion”
noun	the act of rewriting something
noun	something that has been written again “the rewrite was much better”

Word Forms

revise	verb	revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
rewrite	verb	rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

révision

l'acte de réviser ou de modifier (impliquant un réexamen et une modification)

🇪🇸Spanish

revisión

el acto de revisar o alterar (que implica reconsideración y modificación)

🇮🇹Italian

revisione

l'atto di revisione o alterazione (che comporta riconsiderazione e modifica)

🇳🇱Dutch

herziening

de handeling van het herzien of wijzigen (met heroverweging en wijziging)

🇵🇹Portuguese

revisão

o ato de revisar ou alterar (envolvendo reconsideração e modificação)

🇷🇺Russian

пересмотр

акт пересмотра или изменения (включающий пересмотр и изменение)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दोहराव

संशोधित या परिवर्तन करने का कार्य (पुनर्विचार और संशोधन शामिल)

🇧🇩Bengali

পুনর্বিবেচনা

সংশোধন বা পরিবর্তনের কাজ (পুনর্বিবেচনা এবং পরিবর্তন জড়িত)

🇮🇳Tamil

திருத்தம்

திருத்தும் அல்லது மாற்றும் செயல் (மறுபரிசீலனை மற்றும் மாற்றத்தை உள்ளடக்கியது)

🇮🇳Telugu

పునర్విమర్శ

సవరించడం లేదా మార్చడం (పునరాలోచన మరియు సవరణలతో కూడినది)

🇮🇳Marathi

पुनरावृत्ती

सुधारणे किंवा बदल करण्याची कृती (पुनर्विचार आणि सुधारणांचा समावेश आहे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

પુનરાવર્તન

સુધારણા અથવા ફેરફારનું કાર્ય (પુનઃવિચાર અને ફેરફારનો સમાવેશ થાય છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆ

ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ಬದಲಾಯಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ (ಮರುಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡುಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುತ್ತದೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

പുനരവലോകനം

പരിഷ്കരിക്കുകയോ മാറ്റുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി (പുനർവിചിന്തനവും പരിഷ്ക്കരണവും ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਸ਼ੋਧਨ

ਸੋਧਣ ਜਾਂ ਬਦਲਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ (ਪੁਨਰਵਿਚਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਸੋਧ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਕਰਨਾ)

🇵🇰Urdu

نظر ثانی

نظر ثانی یا تبدیلی کا عمل (جس میں نظر ثانی اور ترمیم شامل ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

修订

修改或改变的行为（包括重新考虑和修改）

🇯🇵Japanese

リビジョン

修正または変更する行為（再検討および修正を含む）

🇰🇷Korean

개정

수정 또는 변경(재심의 및 수정을 수반함)하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ôn tập

hành động sửa đổi hoặc thay đổi (liên quan đến việc xem xét lại và sửa đổi)

🇹🇭Thai

การแก้ไข

การแก้ไขหรือเปลี่ยนแปลง (รวมถึงการพิจารณาใหม่และการดัดแปลง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

revisi

tindakan merevisi atau mengubah (melibatkan pertimbangan ulang dan modifikasi)

🇵🇭Filipino

rebisyon

ang pagkilos ng pagrerebisa o pagbabago (na kinasasangkutan ng muling pagsasaalang-alang at pagbabago)

🇲🇾Malay

semakan

tindakan menyemak atau mengubah (melibatkan pertimbangan semula dan pengubahsuaian)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مراجعة

فعل المراجعة أو التغيير (بما في ذلك إعادة النظر والتعديل)

🇮🇷Persian

تجدید نظر

عمل بازنگری یا تغییر (شامل بازنگری و اصلاح)

🇹🇷Turkish

revizyon

gözden geçirme veya değiştirme eylemi (yeniden değerlendirme ve değişikliği içeren)

🇮🇱Hebrew

עדכון

פעולת התיקון או השינוי (הכוללת בדיקה ושינוי)

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