revisions
Corrections to text
Revisions are changes made to improve, correct, or update something, most often a document, plan, or design.
The word emphasizes deliberate reworking rather than starting fresh: The manuscript went through several revisions before publication.
In academic contexts, revision often means studying material again, especially before an exam—a usage more common in British English.
A revision can also refer to the updated version itself: This is the third revision of the contract.
Adjustments to fix errors
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
- modificationsChanges to existing things
- editsAlters for improvement
- changesAlterations or transitions
adjustments · alterations · refinements · emendations · rectifications · rewrites · redrafts · reworkings
Preliminary written versions
- iterationsSuccessive passes through process
- editionsVersions of publications
- variantsDiffering forms of something
- updatesNewly provided information
manuscripts · proofs · galleys · rough drafts · final drafts · prototypes
Additions that improve something
- upgradesImproved replacement versions
- overhaulsRepairs and improves thoroughly
- redesignsAlters existing plans
- reformsCorrective institutional changes
revamps · transformations · modernizations · optimizations · rethinking · reimaginings · restructurings · reformulations
corrections
Adjustments to fix errors
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
- modificationsChanges to existing things
- editsAlters for improvement
changes · adjustments · alterations · refinements · emendations · rectifications · rewrites · redrafts · reworkings · tweaks
drafts
Preliminary written versions
- iterationsSuccessive passes through process
- editionsVersions of publications
- variantsDiffering forms of something
updates · manuscripts · proofs · galleys · rough drafts · final drafts · prototypes
enhancements
Additions that improve something
- upgradesImproved replacement versions
- overhaulsRepairs and improves thoroughly
- redesignsAlters existing plans
reforms · revamps · transformations · modernizations · optimizations · rethinking · reimaginings · restructurings · reformulations · updates
peer review
Expert evaluation before publication
- resubmissionRepeated formal submission
- agency workclient meetings, client relations, client work, briefs, pitches
- PhD lifedissertation, thesis defense, qualifying exams, coursework, seminars
- Thesesdissertation, doctoral thesis, honors thesis, master's thesis, masters thesis
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- Writing Worldvoice, novelists, style, poets, tone
revisionsoriginal
First or inventive
first draft · first attempt · rough draft · prototype · ur-text
revisionspreservation
Maintaining something's condition
retention · keeping · maintaining · conservation · stasis
- revision surgeryOperation correcting prior surgery
- revision notesSummarized material for review
- script revisionAltering a screenplay's text
- subject to revision