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| re·view [ ri vy ] |
verb (past and past participle re·viewed, present participle re·view·ing, 3rd person present singular re·views) |
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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.
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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.
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3. transitive verb consider something again: to consider, study, or check something again
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4. intransitive verb education study for test: to study for a test by looking over notes and course materials
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5. transitive verb look back on something: to discuss or examine something again
She's writing an article reviewing the company's history.
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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
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7. transitive verb military subject troops to inspection: to make a formal inspection of a military force
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noun (plural re·views) |
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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
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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.
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3. publication featuring reviews: a magazine or journal that publishes reviews
the Literary Review
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4. reexamination of something: another look at or consideration of something
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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.
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6. military inspection: a formal military inspection
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7. military formal ceremony: a formal military ceremony staged to honor a person or an occasion
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8. law judicial reexamination: a critical examination by a higher court of a decision taken by a lower court
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9. theater
Same as revue
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| [15th century. < obsolete French reveue "inspection," < revoir "inspect" < Latin revidere "see again" < videre "see"] |
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| re·view·a·ble adjective |
| re·view·er noun |
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