to revise upwards

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• revise — [[t]rɪva͟ɪz[/t]] revises, revising, revised 1) VERB If you revise the way you think about something, you adjust your thoughts, usually in order to make them better or more suited to how things are. [V n] With time he fairly soon came to revise… …   English dictionary

• revise — re|vise [rıˈvaız] v [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: réviser, from Latin revisere to look at again ] 1.) [T] to change something because of new information or ideas ▪ The college has revised its plans because of local objections. ▪ We have… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• revise — verb ADVERB ▪ drastically, extensively, heavily, radically, substantially ▪ The text has been radically revised. ▪ completely, fully …   Collocations dictionary

• upwards — adv. Upwards is used with these verbs: ↑adjust, ↑explode, ↑float, ↑grow, ↑jerk, ↑revise, ↑slope, ↑soar, ↑stretch, ↑thrust …   Collocations dictionary

• revise — verb 1 (T) to change your opinions, plans etc because of new information or ideas: I ve revised my opinion of Bill he s much more intelligent than I thought. | Our original forecast of this year s profits has now been revised upwards. (=we think… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Peat — is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands , variously called bogs , moors , muskegs , pocosins , mires , and peat swamp forests . By volume there is about 4 trillion m³ of peat in the world… …   Wikipedia

• Bayesian inference — is statistical inference in which evidence or observations are used to update or to newly infer the probability that a hypothesis may be true. The name Bayesian comes from the frequent use of Bayes theorem in the inference process. Bayes theorem… …   Wikipedia

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …   Universalium