word-vault/dist/data/cards/re/revision.json

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{
    "term": "revision",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a change or set of changes to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He made some minor revisions to the report before printing it out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They called for revisions to the treaty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "revisions to the plan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an upward revision of government expenditure plans"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A revision of the budget was approved in October."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "drastic", "extensive"],
                "verb + revision": ["propose", "recommend", "suggest"],
                "preposition": ["revision in", "revision to"],
                "phrases": ["the process of revision"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of changing something, or of examining something with the intention of changing it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The system is in need of revision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a revision of trading standards"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their educational policies are due for revision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our conclusions are always open to revision in the light of fresh evidence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The process of revision continued at rehearsals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These guidebooks require constant revision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan has recently undergone drastic revision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This has brought about a radical revision in the style of school management."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "drastic", "extensive"],
                "verb + revision": ["propose", "recommend", "suggest"],
                "preposition": ["revision in", "revision to"],
                "phrases": ["the process of revision"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the process of learning work for an exam",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(both British English, informal)(both especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English, informal)(both British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English, informal)(especially North American English, informal)(British English)(British English)(British English)(both North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you started your revision yet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a revision class/course/timetable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "revision for tomorrow's history exam"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got to do some history revision tonight."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + revision": ["do"],
                "revision + noun": ["class", "course", "lesson"],
                "preposition": ["revision for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvɪʒn/",
                "audio": "re/revision/revision__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvɪʒn/",
                "audio": "re/revision/revision__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French révision or late Latin revisio(n-), from the verb revisere ‘look at again’, from re- ‘again’ + visere (intensive form of videre ‘to see’)."
}