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So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.
Ralph Boston

Meaning of "rev" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REV

rev  [rɛv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REV

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rev is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rev in English.

WHAT DOES REV MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rev in the English dictionary

The definition of rev in the dictionary is revolution per minute. Other definition of rev is to increase the speed of revolution of.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REV

PRESENT

Present
I rev
you rev
he/she/it revs
we rev
you rev
they rev
Present continuous
I am reving
you are reving
he/she/it is reving
we are reving
you are reving
they are reving
Present perfect
I have reved
you have reved
he/she/it has reved
we have reved
you have reved
they have reved
Present perfect continuous
I have been reving
you have been reving
he/she/it has been reving
we have been reving
you have been reving
they have been reving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I reved
you reved
he/she/it reved
we reved
you reved
they reved
Past continuous
I was reving
you were reving
he/she/it was reving
we were reving
you were reving
they were reving
Past perfect
I had reved
you had reved
he/she/it had reved
we had reved
you had reved
they had reved
Past perfect continuous
I had been reving
you had been reving
he/she/it had been reving
we had been reving
you had been reving
they had been reving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will rev
you will rev
he/she/it will rev
we will rev
you will rev
they will rev
Future continuous
I will be reving
you will be reving
he/she/it will be reving
we will be reving
you will be reving
they will be reving
Future perfect
I will have reved
you will have reved
he/she/it will have reved
we will have reved
you will have reved
they will have reved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been reving
you will have been reving
he/she/it will have been reving
we will have been reving
you will have been reving
they will have been reving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would rev
you would rev
he/she/it would rev
we would rev
you would rev
they would rev
Conditional continuous
I would be reving
you would be reving
he/she/it would be reving
we would be reving
you would be reving
they would be reving
Conditional perfect
I would have rev
you would have rev
he/she/it would have rev
we would have rev
you would have rev
they would have rev
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been reving
you would have been reving
he/she/it would have been reving
we would have been reving
you would have been reving
they would have been reving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you rev
we let´s rev
you rev
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to rev
Past participle
reved
Present Participle
reving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REV

reutter
rev counter
rev-head
rev.
Rev. Ver.
revaccinate
revaccination
Reval
revalenta
revalidate
revalidation
revalorisation
revalorise
revalorization
revalorize
revaluate
revaluation
revalue
revamp
revamper

WORDS THAT END LIKE REV

Balakirev
deev
Diaghilev
erev
ganev
Gorbachev
Ignatiev
Kapil Dev
Khrushchev
Kiev
Kishinev
lev
maglev
Medvedev
Mogilev
Negev
Nikolayev
Prokofiev
Tupolev
Zinoviev

Synonyms and antonyms of rev in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rev» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REV

Find out the translation of rev to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rev from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rev» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

加快旋转
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acelerar
570 millions of speakers

English

rev
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राजस्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مراجعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

об
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aumentar a velocidade de
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এনজিনের পার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

s´emballer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rev
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufheulen lassen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回転する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회전속도를 올리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rev
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rev
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வருவாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Rev
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

devir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imballare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obr
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

про
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rev
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

rev
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ds
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rev
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Rev
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rev

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REV»

The term «rev» is very widely used and occupies the 4.795 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REV» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rev

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6 QUOTES WITH «REV»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rev.
1
Ralph Boston
So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.
2
Nicolas Cage
One of the things that's interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they're putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I'm about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down.
3
Kathy Freston
What you want is to rev up your metabolism so that you are burning fat and calories, not preserving fat and calories.
4
Alexander Hanson
I love having music just to chill to and also to rev me up a bit.
5
Kathryn Minshew
The most important thing in startups is getting a product to market, as imperfect as it may be, and then iterating on it and continually making it better. A first rev of a site that has a few typos may not be perfect, but it was the start of something that I deeply believed in.
6
Suzanne Somers
All those spices and herbs in your spice rack can do more than provide calorie-free, natural flavorings to enhance and make food delicious. They're also an incredible source of antioxidants and help rev up your metabolism and improve your health at the same time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REV»

Discover the use of rev in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rev and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Manology: Secrets of Your Man's Mind Revealed
Manology is a guide to regaining your relationship confidence and weeding out the cheaters, MANipulators, and pimps from the good men. Just follow Tyrese and Rev’s advice and finally understand the reasons behind your man’s actions.
Tyrese Gibson, Rev Run, 2013
2
Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by REV. John ...
When Reverend John Cuthbertson landed in America from Scotland he was the first Reformed Presbyterian missionary to set foot in the New World.
S. Helen Fields, 2009
3
Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772: Rev. William ...
Part I, the larger of the two components of the volume, consists of extended biographical sketches, with accompanying portraits, of Wayland's contemporaries.
John Stephenson, Jean Stephenson, 2009
4
Control Your Depression, Rev'd Ed
No one who has ever been immobilized by depression should be without this book.
Peter Lewinsohn, 2010
5
Memoir of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy: who was murdered in ...
who was murdered in defence of the liberty of the press, at Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837 Joseph Cammet Lovejoy, Owen Lovejoy. it is that when such men have been effectually roused, the first expression of their feeling is, not of hatred and ...
Joseph Cammet Lovejoy, Owen Lovejoy, 1838
6
Esteemed Reproach: The Lives of Rev. James Ireland and Rev. ...
Esteemed Reproach: The lives of Reverend James Ireland and Reverend Joseph Craig brings these two works together for the first time and offers readers a vivid account of religious persecution in colonial Virginia and the price some were ...
Keith Harper, Martin Jacumin, 2005
7
Deliverance from Demonic Covenants and Curses
Rev. James A. Solomon is the President of Jesus People's Revival Ministries Inc., as well as the General Overseer and Senior Pastor of Jesus Family Chapel, with 28 branches in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and several other countries.
Rev James a. Solomon, 2010
8
Memoir of Rev. Levi Parsons
[From Rev. Dr. Bates, President of Middlthury College.] " MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, OCT. 1, 1823. " Messrs Smith & Shute — I am free to express a very favourable opinion of the " Memoir of the Rev. Levi Parsons," which you propose to publish ...
Levi Parsons, 1824
9
Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an ...
An inside snapshot view of the innovative Seattle church called Mars Hill and its Acts 29 network, providing--with a touch of sarcasm and humor--both principles and practices shared from the people actually doing missional church ministry ...
Mark Driscoll, 2009
10
YHWH at Patmos: Rev. 1:4 in Its Hellenistic and Early Jewish ...
Sean M. McDonough traces the story of the name YHWH in the New Testament era, and its bearing on the interpretation of Rev. 1:4. Who used the name? Was it ever pronounced, and if so, how and by whom? Why did it fall into disuse?
Sean M. McDonough, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REV»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rev is used in the context of the following news items.
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Funeral at Columbia AME church for Rev. Daniel Simmons, victim of …
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The last of the funerals for the nine victims of the Charleston church shooting is scheduled for South Carolina's capital city, followed by burial ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
Rev. Clementa Pinckney to Be Laid to Rest in Charleston
Thousands gathered in Charleston, South Carolina on Friday for the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the state senator who was shot dead with eight other ... «TIME, Jun 15»
3
Mourners Pay Respects to Rev. Clementa Pinckney at Charleston's …
Hundreds of mourners paid their respects on Thursday to the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of nine people gunned down in a suspected racially motivated attack ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 15»
4
Obama to Deliver Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney
President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will travel to South Carolina for the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney on Friday, a White House official ... «TIME, Jun 15»
5
Rev. Robert Schuller laid to rest: 'He was much more than a pastor'
The casket of Rev. Robert H. Schuller is adorned with his robe during services at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove Monday. From left his son-in-law and ... «OCRegister, Apr 15»
6
Rev. Robert Schuller, 88, Dies; Built an Empire Preaching Self-Belief
The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, a California clergyman who started his ministry by preaching in a drive-in movie theater and transformed it into an empire, building ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
7
Rev. Willie T. Barrow, activist and civil rights icon, dies at 90
The Rev. Willie T. Barrow, executive director of Operation PUSH, announces a compromise on Feb. 27, 1988, over minority contractors on the Dan Ryan ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
8
Most Holy Rosary will remember the Rev. Ted Hesburgh …
The Rev. Ted Hesburgh, history-making president of Notre Dame University, 1991, at Most Holy Rosary in Syracuse, his home parish. (Randi Anglin | The ... «Syracuse.com, Mar 15»
9
Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, 97, Dies; Lifted Notre Dame and Advised …
The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, the strong-minded former president of the University of Notre Dame who stood up to both the White House and the Vatican as ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
10
American missionary Rev Phyllis Sortor kidnapped in Nigeria
Rev Phyllis Sortor, a misisonary with the Free Methodist Church, was taken away by masked gunmen in the central Nigerian town of Emiworo, Kogi state, ... «ChristianToday, Feb 15»

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