Revised

Revised is an adjective formed from the verb revise. It describes something that has been altered, corrected, or updated from an earlier form. The changes can be minor or substantial, and the term is commonly used for documents, texts, plans, and data that have undergone review.

In publishing, a revised edition or revised manuscript indicates edits made after initial release to fix errors, clarify meaning, or incorporate new information. In legal or policy contexts, a document may be issued as revised to reflect subsequent amendments or corrections. The word’s etymology traces to the Latin revisus, from re- “again” and videre “to see,” via Old French and Middle English routes—a sense of looking at something again to make changes.

Notable uses include the historical Revised Version, an English translation of the Bible completed in the 1880s, and later translations such as the Revised Standard Version and the New Revised Standard Version. In everyday language, people say a plan or proposal has been revised after feedback or testing. Distinctions are sometimes made between revised (updated or corrected) and updated or amended, which can signal different scopes of change: revision often implies a thorough reexamination, while update can be smaller, and amendment may modify specific provisions.

See also: revision, revise, edition, updated version.