review

re·view

 (rĭ-vyo͞o′)

v. re·viewed, re·view·ing, re·views

v.tr.

1. To look over, study, or examine again: reviewed last week's lesson.

2. To consider retrospectively; look back on: reviewed the day's events.

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 evaluate (a decision made by or action taken by a lower court) to determine whether any error was made.

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.

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.

5.

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

b. A formal military inspection.

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

6. Law An evaluation conducted by a higher court of a decision made or action taken by a lower court to determine whether any error was made.

7. 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 revidēre : re-, re- + vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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re·view′a·ble adj.

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review

(rɪˈvjuː)

vb (mainly tr)

1. to look at or examine again: to review a situation.

2. to look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc); remember: he reviewed his achievements with pride.

3. to inspect, esp formally or officially: the general reviewed his troops.

4. to read through or go over in order to correct

5. (Law) law to re-examine (a decision) judicially

6. (Journalism & Publishing) to write a critical assessment of (a book, film, play, concert, etc), esp as a profession

n

7. Also called: reviewal the act or an instance of reviewing

8. a general survey or report: a review of the political situation.

9. (Journalism & Publishing) a critical assessment of a book, film, play, concert, etc, esp one printed in a newspaper or periodical

10. (Journalism & Publishing)

a. a publication containing such articles

b. (capital when part of a name): the Saturday Review.

11. a second consideration; re-examination

12. a retrospective survey

13. a formal or official inspection

14. (Education) US and Canadian the process of rereading a subject or notes on it, esp in preparation for an examination. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): revision

15. (Law) law judicial re-examination of a case, esp by a superior court

16. (Theatre) a less common spelling of revue

[C16: from French, from revoir to see again, from Latin re- re- + vidēre to see]

reˈviewable adj

reˈviewer n

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re•view

(rɪˈvyu)

n.

1. a critical article or report, as of a book, play, or software; critique.

2. the process of studying a subject again, esp. to fix it in memory.

3. an exercise designed for study of this kind.

4. a general survey, esp. in words; report or account.

5. an inspection or examination, esp. a formal inspection of a military or naval force, parade, etc.

6. a periodical containing articles on current affairs, books, art, etc.: a literary review.

7. a judicial reexamination, as by a higher court, of the decision or proceedings in a case.

8. a second or repeated view of something.

9. a viewing of the past; consideration of past events, circumstances, or facts.

10. revue.

v.t.

11. to go over (lessons, studies, work, etc.) in review.

12. to view or look over again.

13. to inspect, esp. formally or officially: to review the troops.

14. to survey mentally; examine: to review the situation.

15. to discuss (a book, play, etc.) in a critical review.

16. to look back upon; view retrospectively.

17. to present a survey of in speech or writing.

18. to reexamine judicially: to review a case.

v.i.

19. to go over or restudy material, as in preparation for a test.

20. to review books, movies, etc., as for a newspaper or magazine.

[1555–65; < Middle French revue, n. use of feminine past participle of revoir to see again « Latin revidēre=re- re- + vidēre to see; compare view]

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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.

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review

Past participle: reviewed
Gerund: reviewing

Imperative

review

review

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	review - a new appraisal or evaluation   reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth stocktaking, stock-taking - 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) critical review, critique, review article 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 reexamination, followup, follow-up 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 limited review 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 revue 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 recap, recapitulation 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 brushup 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" inspection checkout, check-out procedure, 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" reexamine analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
	2.	review - appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" critique 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) go over, survey inspect - look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully"
	4.	review - refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" brush up, refresh recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
	5.	review - look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" retrospect, look back think back, remember - recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"

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review

noun

1. re-examination, revision, rethink, retrospect, another look, reassessment, fresh look, second look, reconsideration, re-evaluation, recapitulation She has announced a review of adoption laws.

2. survey, report, study, analysis, examination, scrutiny, perusal a review on the training and education of over-16s

3. critique, commentary, evaluation, critical assessment, study, notice, criticism, judgment We've never had a good review in the press.

4. inspection, display, parade, procession, march past an early morning review of the troops

5. magazine, journal, periodical, zine (informal) He was recruited to write for the Edinburgh Review.

verb

1. reconsider, revise, rethink, run over, reassess, re-examine, re-evaluate, think over, take another look at, recapitulate, look at again, go over again The next day we reviewed the previous day's work.

2. assess, write a critique of, study, judge, discuss, weigh, evaluate, criticize, read through, give your opinion of I see that no papers have reviewed my book.

3. inspect, check, survey, examine, vet, check out (informal), scrutinize, give (something or someone) the once-over (informal) He reviewed the troops.

4. look back on, remember, recall, reflect on, summon up, recollect, call to mind Review all the information you need.

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review

verb

1. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:

abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, run down, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up.

Informal: recap.

2. To consider again, especially with the possibility of change:

reconsider, reevaluate, reexamine, rethink.

3. To write a critical report on:

criticize.

noun

1. A close or systematic study:

analysis, examination, inspection, investigation, survey.

2. Evaluative and critical discourse:

criticism, critique, notice.

3. A formal military inspection:

parade.

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Translations

إسْتِعْراضاِسْتِعْراضمُراجَعَه، إسْتِعْراضيُراجِع، يَسْتَعْرِضيُراجِع، يَعودُ على

přehlídkapřezkoumánírecenzerecenzovatrevue

anmeldeanmeldelsegennemgågennemganginspicering

besprechenBesprechungdurchgeheninspizierenRezension

ανασκόπησηβιβλιοκρισίαεπαναλαμβάνωκριτική

críticaexamenexaminarhacer una críticarepasar

arvostelu

revuesurveillervérifiercompte renducritique

prikaz

áttekintfelülvizsgálatfolyóiratismertetismertetés

endurskoîagagnrÿni, umsögnliîskönnun

recensionerecensireanalisirivistavenire sottoposto a esame

批評

비평 기사

apžvalgapermesti akimisperžiūraperžvalgarecenzentas

analizētapskatītapskatsatkārtošanaatkārtot

beoordeling

gjennomganginspisere troppenelese til prøverepetereta opp til ny vurdering

przegląd

resenharevisão

обзор

recenziarecenzovaťvykonať prehliadkuzopakovanie

ocenaocenitiponovitipregledpregledati

granskningrevy

การทบทวน

eleştirieleştirmekgözden geçirmekteftiştekrarlama

bài nhận xét

书评论文章再检查回顾复习检阅

review

[rɪˈvjuː]

A. N

1. (= survey, taking stock) → examen m, análisis m inv; [of research etc] → evaluación f
the annual review of expenditure → el examen anual de los gastos
salaries are under review → los sueldos están sujetos a revisión
we shall keep your case under review → volveremos a considerar su caso

2. (Mil) [of troops] → revista f
the Spithead Review → la revista naval de Spithead
the general passed the troops in review → el general pasó revista a las tropas
the troops passed in review before the general → las tropas desfilaron en revista ante el general

3. (Jur) (= revision) → revisión f
when the case comes up for review → cuando el asunto se someta a revisión
the sentence is subject to review in the high court → la sentencia puede volver a ser vista en el tribunal supremo

4. (= critique) → crítica f, reseña f
the play got good reviews → la obra fue bien recibida por los críticos

5. (= journal) → revista f

6. (Theat) → revista f

B. VT

1. (= take stock of) → examinar, analizar; [+ research etc] → evaluar
we will review the position in a month → volveremos a estudiar la situación dentro de un mes
we shall have to review our policy → tendremos que reconsiderar nuestra política

2. (Mil) [+ troops] → pasar revista a

3. (Jur) (= reconsider) [+ case] → revisar

4. (= write review of) → reseñar, hacer una crítica de

5. (US) (Scol) → repasar

C. CPD review copy N → ejemplar m para reseñar

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review

[rɪˈvjuː]

n

[situation, policy, case, contract, salary, system] → révision f
to be under review → être en passe d'être révisé(e)
to come under review → être révisé(e)

[book, film, play] → critique f
The book had good reviews → Ce livre a eu de bonnes critiques.

(MILITARY) → revue f

(= magazine) → revue f

(US) (for exam) → révision f

vt

(= reconsider) [+ system, situation, policy, contract, case, pensions, salary] → réviser f

(= look back on) [+ past events, year] → passer en revue

[+ film, book, play] → faire la critique de

(MILITARY) [+ troops] → passer en revue

(US) (for exam) [+ notes, subject] → réviserreview board n → commission f de révision

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review

n

(= look back) → Rückblick m, → Rückschau f (→ of auf +acc); (= report) → Überblick m (→ of über +acc); I shall keep your case under review → ich werde Ihren Fall im Auge behalten

(= re-examination) → nochmalige Prüfung; to do a review of something → etw überprüfen; the agreement comes up for review or comes under review next year → das Abkommen wird nächstes Jahr nochmals geprüft; his salary is due for review in January → im Januar wird sein Gehalt neu festgesetzt; there will be a review of the situation in 3 months’ time → in 3 Monaten wird die Lage noch einmal überprüft

(Mil: = inspection) → Inspektion f; to hold a review → eine Inspektion vornehmen

(of book, film, play etc) → Kritik f, → Besprechung f, → Rezension f

(= magazine) → Zeitschrift f

vt

(= look back at) one’s life, the past etc → zurückblicken auf (+acc), → überdenken

(= re-examine) situation, case → erneut (über)prüfen

(Mil) troops → inspizieren, mustern

book, play, film → besprechen, rezensieren

(US, before exam) → wiederholen

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review

[rɪˈvjuː]

1. n

a. (survey, taking stock) → revisione f (Mil) (of troops) → rivista; (critique) → critica, recensione f
to come under review → essere preso/a in esame
the play got good reviews → lo spettacolo ha ricevuto critiche favorevoli

b. (journal) → rivista, periodico

2. vt (take stock of) → fare una revisione di; (situation) → fare il punto di (Mil) (troops) → passare in rivista; (book, play, film) → fare la recensione di

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review

(rəˈvjuː) noun

1. a written report on a book, play etc giving the writer's opinion of it. resensie يَسْتَعْرِض рецензия recensão posudek, recenze die Besprechung anmeldelse κριτικήcrítica arvustus نقد arvostelu compte rendu מַאֲמַר בִּיקוֹרֶת पुनर्वलोकन osvrt, kritika ismertetés, recenzió tinjauan gagnrÿni, umsögn recensione 評論 비평 기사 recenzija, apžvalga recenzija; apskats ulasan recensieanmeldelserecenzja بياازمويل، بياكتل، بيا څيړل، كتنه كول، تبصره كول، نقد كول، دعسكرومعاينه كول، عمومى كتنه، دسره كتنه، انتقادى تبصره recensão cro­nică рецензия posudok, recenzia ocena, kritika kritika recension บทวิจารณ์ eleştiri 書評，劇評 рецензія تبصرہ bài phê bình 书评论文章（书评，剧评等）

2. an inspection of troops etc. inspeksie إسْتِعْراض преглед revista přehlídka die Truppenschau inspicering επιθεώρησηrevista ülevaatus سان بینی؛ بازدید tarkastus revueסקירה तहक़ीकात smotra vojnih jedinica szemle inspeksi pasukan liðskönnun rivista, rassegna 閲兵 사열, 열병 patikrinimas, peržiūra (karaspēka) parāde pemeriksaan inspectietroppemønstringprzegląd, inspekcja كتنه 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 revisão opakování krz durchgehen gennemgang επανάληψηrevisión (märkmete jms) kiire läbivaatamine مرور tarkistus 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 복습 peržvalga, peržiūra pārskats; atkārtošana ulang kaji repetitie, herhalingrepetisjonprzejrzeć كتنه просмотр (z)opakovanie ponoven pregled pregled genomgång การทบทวน tekrarlama (美)重新看過 розгляд; перевірка نظر ثانی sự xem xét lại 复习，再检查

verb

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 inspecionar recenzovat; vykonat přehlídku besprechen, inspizieren anmelde γράφω κριτική, επιθεωρώhacer una crítica arvustama, üle vaatama سان دیدن؛ مورد بازدید قرار دادن arvostella 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 검토하다, 검열하다 recenzuoti, inspektuoti recenzēt; pārbaudīt; pieņemt parādi mengulas, memeriksa recenseren, inspecterenanmelde; inspisere troppene recenzować, dokonywać przeglądu كتنه كول inspeccionar a recenza; a trece în revistă рецензировать; производить смотр recenzovať; vykonať prehliadku oceniti; pregledati prikazati recensera, inspektera วิจารณ์; ตรวจสอบ eleştirmek; denetlemek 評論 рецензувати; оглядати دوبارہ جاءزہ لینا یا معاءنہ کرنا xem xét; duyệt binh 评论回顾, 复习

2. to reconsider. We'll review the situation at the end of the month. heroorweeg يَسْتَعْرِض، يَبْحَث преразглеждам rever přezkoumat überblicken tage op til revision αναθεωρώ, επανεξετάζωexaminar uuesti läbi arutama از مد نظر گذراندن؛ بازنگری کردن tarkastella 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 재고하다 patikrinti, peržiūrėti novērtēt; apskatīt; analizēt mempertimbangkan kembali opnieuw bekijken ta opp til ny vurdering zrewidować, powtórnie rozważyć بياكتل 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 revisar opakovat durchgehen gennemgå κάνω επανάληψη revisar kordama, (märkmeid jms) kiiresti läbi vaatama باز نویسی کردن؛ بازبینی کردن tarkistaa repasser לְעַיֵין מְחָדָש फिर से जांचना pregledati átnéz, átolvas memeriksa ripassare 復習する 복습하다 peržiūrėti pārskatīt; atkārtot mengulang kaji repeterenrepetere, lese til prøveprzejrzeć بياازمويل просматривать (z)opakovať (si) ponoviti baciti pogled gå igenom på nytt ทบทวน gözden geçirmek (美國)檢討，重新看過 переглядати نظر ثانی کرنا xem lại 温习，复习

reˈviewer noun

a person who reviews books etc. Who was the reviewer of the biography of Churchill? resensent مُراجِع ، مُسْتَعْرِض рецензент revisor recenzent der/die Kritiker(in) anmelder κριτικόςcrítico arvustaja منتقد ادبی؛ بازبین گر arvostelija critiqueמבקר, מבקרת समीक्षक pisac kritike, recenzent ismertető penulis tinjauan, pengulas ritdómari, gagnrÿnandi recensore, critico 書評家 비평가 recenzentas recenzents pengulas recensentanmelderrecenzent انتقاد كوونكى، مبصر، څارو 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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review

→ اِسْتِعْراض přezkoumání undersøgelse Rezension ανασκόπηση reseña arvostelu examen prikaz recensione 批評 비평 기사 beoordeling gjennomgang przegląd revisão обзор granskning การทบทวน eleştiri bài nhận xét 回顾

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re·view

n. revisión, análisis, repaso;

admission ___ → revisión de ingresos;

case ___ → ___ del caso;

___ of systems → ___ de sistemas; [literary] reseña;

v. repasar, volver a ver.

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