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| Main Entry: | revise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, edit |
| Synonyms: | alter, amend, change, compare, cut, debug, develop, emend, go over, improve, launder, modify, overhaul, perfect, polish, reconsider, redo, reexamine, rehash, reorganize, revamp, review, rework, rewrite, run through, scan, scrub, scrutinize, study, tighten, update, upgrade, blue-pencil*, clean up, look over, recalibrate, recast, redraft, redraw, restyle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, shape, square, suit, tailor, come around, get act together, grow used to, play the game, roll with punches, shape up |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | amend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, correct |
| Synonyms: | alter, ameliorate, better, change, elevate, enhance, fix, help, lift, make up for, mend, modify, pay one's dues, raise, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, square* |
| Notes: | when you amend a text, you change it - usually for the better and when you emend a text, you simply correct the mistakes; whereas one can amend various aspects of conduct or behavior, emend is used if the issue at hand is that of a manuscript, speech, or literary product |
| Antonyms: | blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brush up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve condition |
| Synonyms: | clean up, cram, go over, look over, polish up, read up, refresh one's memory, refurbish, relearn, renovate, reread, retouch, review, revise, study, touch up |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | edit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rewrite, refine |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, rectify, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub*, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, blue-pencil*, boil down*, fly speck, recalibrate, redact, write over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct |
| Synonyms: | alter, amend, better, edit, improve, polish, rectify, retouch, revise, right, touch up, emendate, redact |
| Antonyms: | worsen, make mistake |
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trade |
| Synonyms: | alternate, bandy, bargain, barter, castle, change, change hands, commute, correspond, displace, flip-flop*, interchange, invert, market, network, rearrange, reciprocate, replace, reverse, revise, seesaw, shift, shuffle, shuttle, substitute, swap, switch, traffic, transact, transfer, transpose, truck*, buy and sell, cash in, contact with, convert into, deal in, give and take, go over to, hook up, horse trade, link up, pass to, pay back, return the compliment, swap horses, turn the tables |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | improve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become better |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground*, help, increase, lift, look up*, meliorate, mend, perk up*, pick up*, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, sharpen, skyrocket*, take off*, touch up*, update, upgrade, come around*, doctor up, make strides, set right, shape up, straighten out*, turn the corner |
| Antonyms: | damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
| Synonyms: | aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, gain, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew, fiddle with, get better, get well, recondition, refit |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | proofread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copyedit |
| Synonyms: | analyze, check, correct, cut, delete, edit, go over, rearrange, refine, rephrase, revise, strike out, blue-pencil*, remove errors |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reconsider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about again |
| Synonyms: | amend, change one's mind, consider again, correct, emend, go over, have second thoughts, polish, rearrange, reassess, recheck, reevaluate, reexamine, rehash, replan, rethink, retrace, review, revise, reweigh, rework, run through, see in a new light, sleep on, take another look, think better of, think over, think twice, work over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, refuse |
| Main Entry: | rectify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct a situation; make something right |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, clean up, clean up act, debug, dial back, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, go over, improve, launder, make good, make up for, mend, pay one's dues, pick up, put right, recalibrate, redress, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, scrub, shape up, square, straighten out, straighten up, turn things around |
| Antonyms: | damage, ruin, worsen |
| Main Entry: | redress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change, rectify |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, annul, balance, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, countercheck, dial back, ease, even out, frustrate, make amends, make reparation, make restitution, make up for, mend, negate, negative, neutralize, pay for, pay one's dues, put right, recalibrate, recompense, reform, regulate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, revise, square, turn around, turn over new leaf, turn things around, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | worsen |
| Main Entry: | reform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, rectify |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, amend, better, bring up to code, change one's ways, clean up, clean up one's act, convert, correct, cure, emend, go straight*, improve, make amends, make over, mend, rearrange, rebuild, reclaim, reconstitute, reconstruct, redeem, refashion, regenerate, rehabilitate, remake, remedy, remodel, renew, renovate, reorganize, repair, resolve, restore, revise, revolutionize, rework, shape up, standardize, swear off, transform, turn over a new leaf, uplift |
| Antonyms: | hurt, impair, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remedy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, cure |
| Synonyms: | aid, alleviate, ameliorate, amend, assuage, attend, change, clean up, clean up one's act, control, correct, debug*, doctor, ease, fiddle with, fix up, go over, heal, help, launder, make up for, mitigate, palliate, pick up, put right, recalibrate, rectify, redress, reform, relieve, renew, repair, restore, revise, right, scrub, set right, set to rights, shape up, solve, soothe, square up, square*, straighten out, treat, upgrade |
| Antonyms: | get sick, harm, hurt, injure, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change; rewriting |
| Synonyms: | alteration, amendment, correction, emendation, improvement, modification, polish, retrospect, review, revise, afterlight, editing, homework, overhauling, recension, reconsideration, rectification, rectifying, redaction, redraft, reediting, reexamination, rescript, restyling, retrospection, revisal, updating |
| Main Entry: | update |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring up to date |
| Synonyms: | amend, modernize, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, restore, revise |
| Antonyms: | antique, make old |
| Main Entry: | redo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start over |
| Synonyms: | redecorate, remodel, renovate, repeat, revamp, revise, do over again, redesign, remake, rethink |
| Main Entry: | retouch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch up |
| Synonyms: | amend, brush up, correct, fix, improve, modify, refresh, repair, revise, rework |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, develop, diversify, doctor, metamorphose, modify, mutate, reconstruct, reform, remodel, renovate, revamp, revise, shift, transform, turn, vary, correct mid-course, dial back, fine tune, make different, phony up, recalibrate, recast, refashion, reshape, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, fix, keep, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain, let stand |
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