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.
[Probably from Middle English, inspection of military forces, from Old French revue, review, from feminine past participle of reveeir, to see again, from Latin revid re : re-, re- + vid re, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
re·view a·ble adj. |