revision

revision
revise re‧vise [rɪˈvaɪz] verb [transitive]
1. to change a plan or your figures for something because of new information:

• He has already revised the plan to please shareholders.

• It hasrevised downward its group sales forecast.

• a revised estimate of costs

2. to change a piece of writing by adding new information, making improvements, or correcting mistakes:

• a revised edition of the encyclopedia

— revision noun [countable, uncountable] :

• The policy appears headed for revision.

• a revision of a 1989 technical manual

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revision UK US /rɪˈvɪʒən/ noun [C or U]
► the process of changing an amount or value in order to make it more accurate: »

The official picture of the US labor market was complicated by statistical revisions of earlier estimates.

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Economists have stated that revisions to growth in the first quarter of the year were in line with market expectations.

 make revisions (to sth) »

Some revisions to previous years' figures have been made by the Office for National Statistics.

 upward/downward revision(s) »

Good third-quarter figures should lead to an upward revision of the economic forecast in the November pre-budget report.

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earnings/tax revisions

► the process of changing a plan, system, or law in order to improve it: »

Any revision of lending criteria is bound to have an effect on the real economy.

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The 334-page audit suggests revisions to state accountability plans.

 major/significant/substantial revision(s) »

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the first major revision in its fuel economy testing procedures since 1986.

 call for/propose/make revisions (to sth) »

Under the terms of a new environmental law, revisions to U.S. Forest Service plans will be called for every 15 years.

 proposed/further revision(s) »

Proposed revisions would enhance companies' ability to exclude economically insignificant proposals.

► the process of changing a document, book, etc. in order to improve it, correct mistakes, or make it contain the most recent information: »

New software will enable 1,000 new word revisions to be added online to the dictionary every three months.

 revision of sth »

Many employers have had difficulty understanding the 150-page revision of the document.

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We request shareholders' comments on the proposed revisions to paragraph (c)(1), and the adoption of proposed new paragraph (c)(2).

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The executive order was last updated in 2006 and is currently under revision.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • révision — [ revizjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1298; lat. revisio 1 ♦ Action de réviser (un texte, un énoncé); modification (de règles juridiques) pour les mettre en harmonie avec les circonstances. Révision de la Constitution. Spécialt Révision d une doctrine politique.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Revision — Revision, als Verb revidieren, (übersetzt „Rückschau“ oder „Überprüfung“ von lat. re „wieder, zurück“ und videre „ansehen“) steht u. a. für Folgendes: Revision (Recht), Rechtsmittel zur Überprüfung eines gerichtlichen Urteils oder die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Revision — Révision Voir « révision » sur le Wiktionnaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • revisión — sustantivo femenino 1. Acción y resultado de revisar: Tengo que pasar la revisión del coche. El Gobierno ha hecho una revisión de las estimaciones de la inflación. 2. Examen médico: revisión ginecológica. revisión médica. Sinónimo: reconocimiento …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • revision — Revision. s. f. Action par laquelle on revoit, on examine de nouveau. Il ne se dit guere qu en matiere de compte & de procez. Revision de compte. demander la revision d un procez. il avoit esté condamné, mais il a obtenu des lettres de revision …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Revision — Re*vi sion, n. [F. r[ e]vision, L. revisio.] 1. The act of revising; re[ e]xamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is made by revising.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • revision — I (corrected version) noun corrected edition, current edition, emendatio, improved version, improvement, new edition, rescript, revised edition, rewrite, updated version II (process of correcting) noun alteration, change, correcting, editing,… …   Law dictionary

  • ReVision — ReVision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation is a peer reviewed interdisciplinary quarterly journal issued by Heldref Publications. Topics covered include religion and spirituality, consciousness studies, psychology, philosophy,… …   Wikipedia

  • revision — (n.) 1610s, from Fr. revision, from L.L. revisionem (nom. revisio) a seeing again, from L. revisus, pp. of revidere (see REVISE (Cf. revise)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • revisión — (Del lat. revisĭo, ōnis). 1. f. Acción de revisar. 2. Mil. Comprobación, en cada año de los siguientes al respectivo reemplazo, de las excepciones y exenciones variables del servicio militar. ☛ V. recurso de revisión …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Revision — (v. lat.), 1) nochmalige Durchsicht, Durchmusterung; 2) Buchtitel für Werke, in denen eine umfassende Übersicht über ein ganzes wissenschaftliches Feld gegeben werden soll; 3) im gemeinen Civilproceß ein nicht devolulives Rechtsmittel, welches… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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