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revision | practise |

As a noun revision

is revision, change.

As a verb practise is

(transitive|british|canada|australia|new zealand|ireland) to repeat as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.

revision

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from (etyl) revisio.

Noun

  • (uncountable) The process of revising:
  • # The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.
  • #* 2002 , James D. Lester, James D. Lester, Jr, Writing Research Papers , page 195,
  • Revision can turn a passable paper into an excellent one and change an excellent one into a radiant one.
  • #* 2004 , Mara Kalnins (editor), Note on the Text'', Joseph Conrad, ''Victory: An Island Tale , page xxxix,
  • The full history of its composition, revision , transmission, and publication is a complex and intricate one beyond the necessarily limited scope of this Note,.
  • #* 2010 , , Franz Guenthner (editors), Handbook of Philosophical Logic , Volume 16, page 37,
  • Many formalisms for belief revision use extraneous mechanisms for deciding what beliefs to keep and this makes it harder to iterate the process.
  • # (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one?s notes in preparation for a test or examination.
  • All that last minute revision really paid off in the exam! I got top marks!
  • #* 2008', Philip A. Kalra (editor), '' Essential '''Revision Notes in Medicine for Students , Volume 1.
  • (countable) A changed edition, or new version; a modification.
  • * 2004 , Robert McConnell Productions, Henry M. Robert, Robert?s Rules of Order: Simplified and Applied , page 331,
  • The first thing members need to understand about a revision' is that the current bylaws are not under consideration at all. If the ' revision is defeated, no changes to the current bylaws take place.
  • * 1992 , Helen Baron, Carl Baron (editors), Introduction'', ''The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H, Lawrence: Sons and Lovers , Part 1, 2002 paperback edition, Cambridge University Press, page lxxx,
  • However, it is evident in a minority of cases that a revision by Lawrence is prompted solely by the need to remedy some local effect caused by Garnett?s deletion, and there, clearly, Lawrence?s MS text is, in principle, to be preferred.
  • * 2008''', World Bank, ' , page 209,
  • Previous editions of World Development Indicators'' used revision''' 2, first published in 1948. '''Revision''' 3 was completed in 1989, and many countries now use it. But ' revision 2 is still widely used for compiling cross-country data.
  • * 2012 , Bill Fane, David Byrnes, AutoCAD 2013 For Dummies , page 189,
  • Include the revision number'. You may need to add a triangle and number, shown in Figure 9-6, to indicate the ' revision number.
  • (countable) A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author.
  • A revision story
    Synonyms
    * review (US)

    Etymology 2

    (prefix)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide with a new vision.
  • What philosophy needs is to be revisioned with a more hopeful, engaged inspirational point of view.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    practise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * practice (standard for noun but incorrect for verb outside US; almost universal for both in American English)

    Verb

    (practis)
  • (transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
  • You should practise playing piano every day.
  • (intransitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To repeat an activity in this way.
  • If you want to speak French well, you need to practise .
  • (transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.
  • They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
  • (transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
  • She practised law for forty years before retiring.
  • (intransitive, obsolete, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To conspire.
  • To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practise your severity.''
  • * Alexander Pope
  • As this advice ye practise or neglect.
  • To make use of; to employ.
  • * Massinger
  • In malice to this good knight's wife, I practised Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.
  • To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
  • * Landor
  • In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practised to love their neighbour.

    Usage notes

    * In sense "to repeat an activity as a way improving one's skill" this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Derived terms

    * practised * practising

    Anagrams

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