English Explanatory Dictionary

review

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
  2. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
  3. A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
  4. A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
  5. A survey of the available items or material.
  6. A review article.
  7. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
  8. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
  9. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
verb
  1. To survey; to look broadly over.
  2. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
  3. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
  4. To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
  5. To view or see again; to look back on.
  6. To retrace; to go over again.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈvjuː/ En-us-review.ogg /ˈrɪʋ.ju/

Word forms

review reviews re-view reviewing reviewed

Etymology

From Middle English revewe, reveue, from Old French reveüe, revue (Modern French: revue), feminine form of reveü, past participle of reveoir (French: revoir), from Latin revideō, from re- +videō (“see, observe”) (English: video). Equivalent to re- + view. Compare retrospect. Doublet of revue.

Synonyms

revue revise

Related words

reviewer reviewability medireview rereview retrospect revise

Derived words

bar review board of review capsule review code review collateral review judicial review law review life review literature review metareview minireview peer review program evaluation and review technique program evaluation review technique project evaluation and review technique project evaluation review technique rational basis review rent review review article review bomb review copy reviewish reviewless review-proof scoping review self-review utilization review misreview nonreviewing prereview reviewable reviewage reviewal reviewee unreviewable
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