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- + vidre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]re·view a·ble adj. |
review
Noun
1. a critical assessment of a book, film, etc.
2. a publication containing such articles
3. a general survey or report: the new curriculum is to be set up a year after the conclusions of the review are due
4. a formal or official inspection
5. the act or an instance of reviewing
6. a second consideration; re-examination
7. a retrospective survey
8. Law a re-examination of a case
Verb
1. to hold or write a review of
2. to examine again: the committee will review the ban in the summer
3. to look back upon (a period of time or sequence of events): he reviewed his achievements with pride
4. to inspect formally or officially: when he reviewed the troops they cheered him
5. Law to re-examine (a decision) judicially [Latin re- again + videre to see]
Review a formal inspection of military men or naval forces, 1585; hence, the men who are reviewed, collectively—Wilkes.
Examples: review of cavalry, 1683; of the Fleet; of ships; a naval review, 1878.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  review - a new appraisal or evaluation appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth stock-taking, stocktaking - reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook |
| 2. | review - an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) literary criticism, criticism - a written evaluation of a work of literature book review - a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book) notice - a short critical review; "the play received good notices" rave - an extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave" | |
| 3. | review - a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | |
| 4. | review - (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data accounting - a system that provides quantitative information about finances accounting system, method of accounting, accounting - a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts analytical review - an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes | |
| 5. | review - a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians follies - a revue with elaborate costuming variety show, variety - a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances | |
| 6. | review - a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art periodical - a publication that appears at fixed intervals literary review - a review devoted to literary criticism | |
| 7. | review - a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion capitulation - a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic epanodos - recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order) | |
| 8. | review - (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court) legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked bill of review - a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it judicial review - review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | |
| 9. | review - practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory practice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" rub up - a review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin" | |
| 10. |  review - a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"check-out procedure, checkout, check - the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | |
| Verb | 1. | review - look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation" |
| 2. | review - appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" peer review, referee - evaluate professionally a colleague's work | |
| 3. | review - hold a review (of troops) inspect - look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully" | |
| 4. | review - refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" | |
| 5. | review - look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" think back, remember - recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" |
review
noun 1. re-examination, revision, rethink, retrospect, another look, reassessment, fresh look, second look, reconsideration, re-evaluation, recapitulation
verb 6. reconsider, revise, rethink, run over, reassess, re-examine, re-evaluate, think over, take another look at, recapitulate, look at again, go over again
verb 7. assess, write a critique of, study, judge, discuss, weigh, evaluate, criticize, read through, give your opinion of
Translations
review [rɪˈvjuː] n (= magazine), (MIL) → revista; [of book, film] → reseña;
to come under review → ser examinado
review [rɪˈvjuː] n → revue f [of book, film]; critique f [of situation, policy]; examen m, bilan m;
(US) (= examination); examen
to come under review → être révisé(e)
review [rɪˈvjuː] n (magazine) → Zeitschrift f;
(Mil) → Inspektion f;
(of policy etc) → Überprüfung f
vt (Mil) (troops) → inspizieren;
(book, film etc) → besprechen, rezensieren;
(policy etc) → überprüfen;
review [rɪˈvjuː] n → rivista; [of book, film] → recensione f
vt → passare in rivista; fare la recensione di;
n review [rəˈvjuː]
1 a written report on a book, play etc giving the writer's opinion of it. resensie يَسْتَعْرِض рецензия posudek, recenze anmeldelse die Besprechung κριτική crítica arvustus نقد arvostelu compte rendu מַאֲמַר בִּיקוֹרֶת पुनर्वलोकन osvrt, kritika ismertetés, recenzió tinjauan gagnrÿni, umsögn recensione 評論 비평, 평론 recenzija, apžvalga recenzija; apskats ulasan recensie anmeldelse recenzja recensão cronică рецензия posudok, recenzia ocena, kritika kritika recension บทวิจารณ์ eleştiri 書評論 рецензія تبصرہ bài phê bình 书评论
2 an inspection of troops etc. inspeksie إسْتِعْراض преглед přehlídka inspicering die Truppenschau επιθεώρηση revista ülevaatus سان بینی؛ بازدید katselmus revue סְקִירָה तहक़ीकात smotra vojnih jedinica szemle inspeksi pasukan liðskönnun rivista, rassegna 閲兵 검열, 사열(査閱) patikrinimas, peržiūra (karaspēka) parāde pemeriksaan inspectie troppemønstring przegląd, inspekcja revista revistă смотр prehliadka pregled smotra mönstring, inspektion การตรวจสอบ teftiş, denetleme 檢閱 огляд, парад فوجوں کا معاءنہ cuộc duyệt binh 检阅
3 (American) revision; studying or going over one's notes I have just enough time for a quick review of my speech; I made a quick review of my notes before the test. oorsig مُراجَعَه، إسْتِعْراض преглеждане opakování gennemgang krz durchgehen επανάληψη revisión (märkmete jms) kiire läbivaatamine مرور revue עִיוּן מְחָדָש रिसाला, पत्र या पत्रिका जिसमें नई नई पुस्तकों या वर्तमान घटनाओं इत्यादि पर टीका-टिप्पणी रहती है, पनरीक्षण osvrt, pregled átnézés, átismétlés pemeriksaan ripasso 復習 peržvalga, peržiūra pārskats; atkārtošana ulang kaji repetitie, herhaling repetisjon przejrzeć просмотр (z)opakovanie ponoven pregled pregled genomgång การทบทวน tekrarlama 复習 розгляд; перевірка نظر ثانی sự xem xét lại 复习
v
1 to make or have a review of The book was reviewed in yesterday's paper; The Queen reviewed the troops. inspekteer يُراجِع، يَسْتَعْرِض преглеждам recenzovat; vykonat přehlídku anmelde besprechen, inspizieren γράφω κριτική, επιθεωρώ hacer una crítica arvustama, üle vaatama سان دیدن؛ مورد بازدید قرار دادن tarkastaa faire la critique de; passer en revue לִסקוֹר परखना osvrnuti se, kritički prikazati ismertet; megszemlél membuat tinjauan dæma, skrifa gagnrÿni um; gera liðskönnun recensire 評論する ...에 대한 평을 쓰다; 사열하다 recenzuoti, inspektuoti recenzēt; pārbaudīt; pieņemt parādi mengulas, memeriksa recenseren, inspecteren anmelde; inspisere troppene recenzować, dokonywać przeglądu inspeccionar a recenza; a trece în revistă рецензировать; производить смотр recenzovať; vykonať prehliadku oceniti; pregledati prikazati recensera, inspektera วิจารณ์; ตรวจสอบ eleştirmek; denetlemek 回顧, 复習 рецензувати; оглядати دوبارہ جاءزہ لینا یا معاءنہ کرنا xem xét; duyệt binh 回顾, 复习
2 to reconsider We'll review the situation at the end of the month. heroorweeg يَسْتَعْرِض، يَبْحَث преразглеждам přezkoumat tage op til revision überblicken αναθεωρώ, επανεξετάζω examinar uuesti läbi arutama از مد نظر گذراندن؛ بازنگری کردن tarkastella uudelleen réexaminer לִבחוֹן מְחָדָש पुन: निरीक्षण करना, फिर से जांचना, पुनर्विचार करना, दुबारा तहक़ीकात करना ponovno proučiti, ponovno razmisliti felülvizsgál, áttekint meninjau endurskoða rivedere, riesaminare 再考する 재검토하다, 재고하다 patikrinti, peržiūrėti novērtēt; apskatīt; analizēt mempertimbangkan kembali opnieuw bekijken ta opp til ny vurdering zrewidować, powtórnie rozważyć rever a reexamina пересматривать preskúmať oceniti razmotriti ompröva, betrakta på nytt พิจารณาใหม่ gözden geçirmek 重新考慮 переглядати دوبارہ غور کرنا xem xét lại 重新考虑
3 (American) to revise; to go over one's notes, lessons etc in preparation for an examination I have to review (my notes) for the test tomorrow. oorkyk يُراجِع، يَعودُ على преглеждам opakovat gennemgå durchgehen κάνω επανάληψη revisar kordama, (märkmeid jms) kiiresti läbi vaatama باز نویسی کردن؛ بازبینی کردن repasser לְעַיֵין מְחָדָש फिर से जांचना pregledati átnéz, átolvas memeriksa ripassare 復習する peržiūrėti pārskatīt; atkārtot mengulang kaji repeteren repetere, lese til prøve przejrzeć просматривать (z)opakovať (si) ponoviti baciti pogled gå igenom på nytt ทบทวน gözden geçirmek 溫習，复習 переглядати نظر ثانی کرنا xem lại 温习，复习
n reˈviewer
a person who reviews books etc Who was the reviewer of the biography of Churchill? resensent مُراجِع ، مُسْتَعْرِض рецензент recenzent anmelder der/die Kritiker(in) κριτικός crítico arvustaja منتقد ادبی؛ بازبین گر arvostelija critique (littéraire) מְבַקֵר, מְבַקֶרֶת समीक्षक pisac kritike, recenzent ismertető penulis tinjauan, pengulas ritdómari, gagnrÿnandi recensore, critico 書評家 평론가, 서평가 recenzentas recenzents pengulas recensent anmelder recenzent recenseador critic (literar) рецензент recenzent kritik kritičar kritiker, recensent ผู้วิจารณ์ eleştirmen 評論者 оглядач; рецензент تبصرہ نگار nhà phê bình sách 评论者
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