reviser
/ri'vaizə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person who revises text: A reviser is someone whose job is to read, check, and alter text to improve it, correct errors, or prepare it for publication.
- An editor or proofreader: Specifically, a reviser often works on manuscripts, articles, or proofs to ensure accuracy, clarity, and appropriateness for the intended audience.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The author sent the manuscript to the reviser for final corrections before printing.
- As a reviser for the journal, her role is to ensure all submissions meet the publication's style guide.
Advanced Usage
- "to act as a reviser for": to perform the job of checking and correcting text.
- She acts as a reviser for several academic presses.
- "in the capacity of a reviser": functioning in the role of a text corrector.
- He was hired in the capacity of a reviser to refine the technical manual.
Variants and Related Words
- Revise (verb): to re-examine and make alterations to (text).
- You must revise your essay before submitting it.
- Revision (noun): the act or process of revising; a revised version or form.
- The document is currently undergoing revision.
- Revisory (adjective): relating to or having the power to revise.
- The editor has revisory authority over all content.
Synonyms
- Editor: A person who prepares material for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it.
- Proofreader: A person who reads text in order to find and correct typographical errors.
- Copy editor: An editor who prepares text for publication by correcting errors and ensuring consistency with a prescribed style.
Related Phrases
- To work as a reviser: to have employment in the role of correcting text.
- She works as a reviser for a legal publishing house.
- The reviser's notes: the comments or corrections made by the person revising.
- The author carefully considered all the reviser's notes.
Noun
- someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication