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review

re·view [ ri vy ]


verb  (past and past participle re·viewed, present participle re·view·ing, 3rd person present singular re·views)
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb look at something critically: to examine something to make sure that it is adequate, accurate, or correct
They need to review their sales strategy.

2. transitive verb give opinion on something: to write a journalistic report on the quality of a new play, book, movie, concert, or other public performance
He reviews movies for a newspaper.

3. transitive verb consider something again: to consider, study, or check something again

4. intransitive verb education study for test: to study for a test by looking over notes and course materials

5. transitive verb look back on something: to discuss or examine something again
She's writing an article reviewing the company's history.

6. transitive verb law reconsider judicial decision: to reexamine a judicial decision made in a lower court in order to consider whether it should be overturned

7. transitive verb military subject troops to inspection: to make a formal inspection of a military force



noun  (plural re·views)
Definition:
 
1. survey of past: a report or survey of past actions, performance, or events
a review of stock market performance during the past five years

2. article giving opinion: a journalistic article giving an assessment of a book, play, movie, concert, or other public performance
The book got unexpectedly bad reviews.

3. publication featuring reviews: a magazine or journal that publishes reviews
the Literary Review

4. reexamination of something: another look at or consideration of something

5. education discussion of material already learned: a brief discussion of subject matter already learned, in preparation for a test
This professor always has a review before a big test.

6. military inspection: a formal military inspection

7. military formal ceremony: a formal military ceremony staged to honor a person or an occasion

8. law judicial reexamination: a critical examination by a higher court of a decision taken by a lower court

9. theater 
Same as  revue


[15th century. < obsolete French reveue "inspection," < revoir "inspect" < Latin revidere "see again" < videre "see"]

re·view·a·ble adjective
re·view·er noun

Word Usage
review or revue?

Review is the only spelling for the verb (meaning "to examine for accuracy or completeness," "to examine again," "to write a critique of," etc.) and for most noun senses: The novel had both good and bad reviews in the popular press. Revue is only used as a noun denoting a form of theatrical entertainment, and is the usual form in this meaning.

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