A revision is a change made to a text or plan after looking at it again: revisions to the contract. In a more formal sense, it can mean reconsidering ideas or rules. In British English, revision is also going over what you have studied before an exam. An official check of accounts and documents is an audit, and a check on site is an inspection.
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do (some) revision + for + an exam (BrE); revise for + an exam (BrE); make revisions to + a text/plan; a revision of + rules/a contract; do an audit of + accounts (not a revision)
- I've got three exams next month, so I'm doing revision every evening after work.
- After the client's comments, we made a few revisions to the contract.
- The government has promised a revision of the tax rules next year.
What changed
First versionNext week the tax office is doing a revision of our accounts.
RevisionNext week the tax office is doing an audit of our accounts.
In some languages a word like revision means an official check of accounts, but the tax office is doing a revision of our accounts sounds as if the tax office is rewriting your accounts. An official check of finances and documents is an audit. Counting the goods in a shop or warehouse is called stocktaking in Britain.
Revising for exams is a British meaning. In the US, people say review or simply studying: I need to review for my finals. The same goes for the verb: in Britain, revise for an exam means to study for it, while in American English revise only means to correct or improve something.
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My exams start in June, so I've planned two hours of ___ every evening in May.
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revision — Before exams, you go over what you have studied, and in British English that's revision. Repetition means doing or saying the same thing again, such as a word or a movement, and it isn't used about preparing for exams.
Write about how you are preparing for an exam or how you prepared for your last one. Name the exam and say how much time a day you spent going over the material.
Before my driving theory test, I did about an hour of revision every day for two weeks.
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