revision

/riˈvɪʒɪn/

/rɛˈvɪʒən/

Other forms: revisions

When you make a revision, you go about editing or rethinking whatever it is you're working on. So that paper on Donald Duck's influence in national politics? It could probably use a revision or two.

The word revision is made up of re, as in "repeat" or "redo," and vision. So you can think of a revision as a redo of your original vision. It's related to the word revise, which is the act of making changes to something original. Just about anything can get revised, from a script that needs rewrites to a wardrobe with some questionable pieces.

Definitions of revision

1. noun

   the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
   “it would require a drastic revision of his opinion”

   synonyms: alteration

   types:

   distraction, misdirection

   the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something

   modulation

   the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)

   qualification

   the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea

   reorganisation, reorganization

   an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government

   metamorphosis, transfiguration

   a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

   type of:

   transformation, translation

   the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
2. noun

   the act of rewriting something
   synonyms: rescript, revisal, revise

   type of:

   revising, rewriting

   editing that involves writing something again
3. noun

   something that has been written again
   synonyms: rescript, rewrite

   type of:

   piece of writing, writing, written material

   the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)