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English Dictionary: review by the DICT Development Group
4 results for review
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
review
n
  1. a new appraisal or evaluation [syn: reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment]
  2. an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
    Synonym(s): review, critique, critical review, review article
  3. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
    Synonym(s): follow-up, followup, reexamination, review
  4. (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
    Synonym(s): review, limited review
  5. a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
    Synonym(s): revue, review
  6. a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
  7. a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
    Synonym(s): recapitulation, recap, review
  8. (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
  9. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
    Synonym(s): review, brushup
  10. a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"
    Synonym(s): inspection, review
v
  1. look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation"
    Synonym(s): review, reexamine
  2. appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance"
    Synonym(s): review, critique
  3. hold a review (of troops)
    Synonym(s): review, go over, survey
  4. refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test"
    Synonym(s): review, brush up, refresh
  5. look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride"
    Synonym(s): review, look back, retrospect
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Review \Re*view"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Review[?]d}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Reveiwing}.] [Pref. re- + view. Cf. {Review}, n. ]
      1. To view or see again; to look back on. [R.] [bd]I shall
            review Sicilia.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately.
            Specifically:
            (a) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before
                  printing it, or a book for a new edition.
            (b) To go over with critical examination, in order to
                  discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a
                  critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
            (c) To make a formal or official examination of the state
                  of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
            (d) (Law) To re[89]xamine judically; as, a higher court
                  may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower
                  one.
  
      3. To retrace; to go over again.
  
                     Shall I the long, laborious scene review? --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Review \Re*view"\, v. i.
      To look back; to make a review.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Review \Re*view"\, n. [F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to
      see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See
      {View}, and cf. {Revise}.]
      1. A second or repeated view; a re[89]xamination; a
            retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review
            of one's studies; a review of life.
  
      2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement;
            revision; as, an author's review of his works.
  
      3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a
            criticism; a critique.
  
      4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of
            interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
  
      5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval
            force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining
            the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
  
      6. (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a
            lower court by a higher.
  
      7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
  
      {Bill of review} (Equity), a bill, in the nature of
            proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and
            alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been
            duly signed and enrolled. --Wharton.
  
      {Commission of review} (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission
            formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of
            the court of delegates.
  
      Syn: Re[89]xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey;
               reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.
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