thorough revision

collocation in English

meaningsofthoroughandrevision

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thorough
adjective
uk
/ˈθʌr.ə/us
/ˈθɝː.ə/
detailed ...
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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 ofthoroughandrevisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthorough revision

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This case prompted athoroughrevisionof the safety standards for gene therapy trials.
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At an indeterminate date before 1344, athoroughrevisionof the work was undertaken, and the text was modified and enlarged for the last time.
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Athoroughrevisionof the work was undertaken at an indeterminate date before 1344.
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Indeed, the primary motivation of the student movement was to create a more open and democratic political system by means of athoroughrevisionof the country's constitution.
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We still have to wait for athoroughrevisionof copyright law.
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This failure demands athoroughrevisionof the immigration and asylum policy.
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Athoroughrevisionof the present scales of accommodation and amenities in these centres and camps has already been ordered.
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It may have good in it, but it will need morethoroughrevisionand recasting than we have yet conceived.
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It has entailed athoroughrevisionof the powers under which probation orders are made.
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These are new, although cosmetic, changes in copyright law, which urgently needsthoroughrevision.
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In the event, that programme is now undergoingthoroughrevision, so the whole issue of an industrial contribution is being re-examined.
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The whole matter could then have been gone into again and after athoroughrevisionthe period could have been prolonged for two years, if necessary.
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Thisthoroughrevisionwas badly needed.
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However, the committee was given little time to do the detailed work needed for athoroughrevision.
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His third edition (1981) included athoroughrevisionof the first four chapters.
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One of the main task that needed to be done in the 2007 edition was thethoroughrevisionof some of the popular hymns.
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There are fears that a reliable application of law is not possible without athoroughrevisionof the draft.
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In 1930 and 1990thoroughrevisionand extension works were performed.
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Some passages from the period were republished, with thorough revisions, as part of his later work.
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He returned to writing around 1922 and between 1923 and 1937 published a further ten or so books, as well as thorough revisions of five of his older novels.
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