major revision
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandrevision
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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revision
noun
uk/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən/us/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
a change that is made to something, or the process of ...
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(Definition ofmajorandrevisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmajor revision
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Majorrevisioninvolves substantial rephrasing of the stem and replacement of at least two distractors.
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Detailed collecting through 15 sections across the basin has facilitated amajorrevisionof the ammonite zonation.
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The book is amajorrevisionof the first edition in which new material has been included, and several sections have been completely rewritten.
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This discovery led to amajorrevisionof their scientific assumptions.
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The royal inquiry set the stage for amajorrevisionof government policy on this issue.
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The emergence of the modern study of dynamical systems certainly represents amajorrevisionin our view of the word: small changes can produce big effects.
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None of this, however, hides the fact that there is considerable need formajorrevisionof regional museum structure in this country.
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There has been nomajorrevisionsince 1937.
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It does not, however, attempt amajorrevisionof the law on obscenity.
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I have just sent to all highway authorities amajorrevisionof the accident investigation and prevention manual which gives them up-to-date advice.
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The lastmajorrevisionto the classification system was 1988.
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The lastmajorrevisionof entitlements was in 1982 when new fare structures were introduced by the airlines.
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The index is currently undergoing amajorrevisionand reconstruction.
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The electricity supply regulations introduced last year were the firstmajorrevisionfor 50 years.
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It has also been suggested to me that the time is overdue for amajorrevisionof family law and the establishment of specialised courts.
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The basis for estimation is constantly being updated, and amajorrevisiontook place in 1988.
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The amendment to the guidelines before us today is the firstmajorrevisionto the 1995 guidelines on additives, which comprehensively regulates this sector.
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The reallymajorrevisionwill be in 2004, when we will certainly put our heads together and draw up sensible amendments for them.
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