review
/ɹɪˈvjuː/
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review noun: a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
Noun
review (countable and uncountable, plural reviews)
- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
- I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
- An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
- The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.
- The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of...1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD, published 2013, →ISBN, page 54
- A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
- The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.
- A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
- The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
- Synonyms:
- revue
- A survey of the available items or material.
- The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
- A review article.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
- The Times Literary Review is published in London.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
- The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
- A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
- The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.
- The decision to place a young child in group home care is usually done after much review, but it is done more readily if there is substantial reason to believe that a resource-rich and structured program will result in a more speedy reunification or prompt adoption.1994, Richard P. Barth, Mark Courtney, Jill Duerr Berrick, Vicky Albert, “[Understanding Pathways to Permanency] The Future of Permanency Planning”, in From Child Abuse to Permanency Planning: Child...
Verb
review (third-person singular simple present reviews, present participle reviewing, simple past and past participle reviewed)
- To survey; to look broadly over.
- Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
- To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
- The critic reviews every new play in London.
- […] "The Interview," a crude and poorly reviewed comedy about a C.I.A. effort to hire two bumbling journalists to knock off Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader […]2014 December 23, David E. Sanger, “Countering cyberattacks without a playbook [print version: A cyberwar with no playbook, International New York Times, 26 December 2014, p. 18]”, in The New York...
- To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
- "Keith Williams is reviewing his review," the source said. "The whole structure of the industry has changed since he wrote his report. [...]"2020 July 29, Paul Clifton, “Network Rail lined up to 'take control' of rail services”, in Rail, page 6
- To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
- Synonyms:
- revise
- To view or see again; to look back on.
- Cam[illo] What I do next, ſhall be next to tell the King // Of this Eſcape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ſhall ſo prevail, // To force him after: in whoſe company // I ſhall review Sicilia; for whoſe ſight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- To retrace; to go over again.
- Shall I the long, laborious ſcene review, // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 100, lines 127–128
review meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
review in Hindi
- judicial reassessment of a case or an event
- पुनर्विचार punarvicār
review in Tamil
- மீளாய்வு, மீள்நோக்கு, மீணோக்கு, மறுசீராய்வு, மறுஆய்வு, மீட்டாய்வு
review in Marathi
- review
- परीक्षण parīkṣaṇ
review in Urdu
- review, comment
- تبصرہ tabsirah
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- review in Bengali
- সমালোচনা śomalōcona
- review in Telugu
- సమీక్ష samīkṣa
- review in Malayalam
- നിരൂപണം nirūpaṇaṁ
- review in Kannada
- ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕ niyatakālika
- review in Punjabi
- ਸਮੀਖਿਆ, ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਕਰੋ, ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- review in Gujarati
- સમીક્ષા, સમીક્ષા કરો, સમીક્ષા કરવા
- review in Odia
- ସମୀକ୍ଷା କରନ୍ତୁ, ସମୀକ୍ଷା, ସମୀକ୍ଷା କରିବା
- review in Sanskrit
- आलोचना ālocanā
- review in Nepali
- समीक्षा, समीक्षा गर्नुहोस्, समीक्षा गर्ने
- review in Tagalog
- balik-aral, balisulyapan
- review in Indonesian
- resensi, ulasan, peninjauan kembali
- review in Thai
- รีวิว rii-wiw, ปริทัศน์
Examples of review in a sentence
- We published our findings following a thorough review of others' earlier reports.
- The aggrieved person may present their petition to the court for review.
- The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
Synonyms of review
Forms of review
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | reviews |
| alternative form (obsolete, rare) | re-view |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | reviews |
| present participle | reviewing |
| past participle | reviewed |
| past | reviewed |
Origin of review
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.
Words formed from review
- 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
Phrases with review
Words that rhyme with review
Questions about review
- What does review mean?
- Review means a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
- What is review in Hindi?
- Review in Hindi is पुनर्विचार (punarvicār). See Review meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is review?
- Review can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce review?
- Review is pronounced /ɹɪˈvjuː/.
- What is the plural of review?
- The plural of review is reviews.
Words near review in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: review (page history and authors); review (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); परीक्षण (Marathi) (page history and authors); تبصرہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); সমালোচনা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕ (Kannada) (page history and authors); review (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); review (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); review (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); आलोचना (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); review (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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