Reviewable

re·view  (r-vy)

v. re·viewed, re·view·ing, re·views

v.tr.

1. To look over, study, or examine again.

2. To consider retrospectively; look back on.

3. To examine with an eye to criticism or correction: reviewed the research findings.

4. To write or give a critical report on (a new work or performance, for example).

5. Law To reexamine (an action or determination) judicially, especially in a higher court, in order to correct possible errors.

6. To subject to a formal inspection, especially a military inspection.

v.intr.

1. To go over or restudy material: reviewing for a final exam.

2. To write critical reviews, especially for a newspaper or magazine.

n.

1. A reexamination or reconsideration.

2. A retrospective view or survey.

3.

a. A restudying of subject matter.

b. An exercise for use in restudying material.

4. An inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation.

5.

a. A report or essay giving a critical estimate of a work or performance.

b. A periodical devoted to articles and essays on current affairs, literature, or art.

6.

a. A formal military inspection.

b. A formal military ceremony held in honor of a person or occasion.

7. Law A judicial reexamination, especially by a higher court, of an action or determination.

8. A musical show consisting of often satirical skits, songs, and dances; a revue.

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[Probably from Middle English, inspection of military forces, from Old French revue, review, from feminine past participle of reveeir, to see again, from Latin revidre : re-, re- + vidre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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re·viewa·ble adj.