code review

noun

The practice, or an instance, of identifying and verifying the choice of algorithms, coding styles and compliance with the software design.

“How did that get through two separate code reviews?”

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Meanings

nouncode review (countable and uncountable, plural code reviews)

plural code reviews

  1. countableuncountablecomputingThe practice, or an instance, of identifying and verifying the choice of algorithms, coding styles and compliance with the software design.

    How did that get through two separate code reviews?

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    After several painful episodes, we've decided to adopt code review for all major changes.

    For small projects, code reviews can be used to ensure that software implementations adhere to the detailed designs.

    2008, Anthony J. Lattanze, Architecting Software Intensive Systems: A Practitioners Guide, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 355
verbcode review (third-person singular simple present code reviews, present participle code reviewing, simple past and past participle code reviewed)

present singular third person code reviews · participle present code reviewing · participle past code reviewed · past code reviewed

  1. transitivecomputingTo perform a code review on.

    Did anyone code review that class before it went into the shipping version?

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    These changes are code-reviewed by other team members and merged to the main branch upon approval.

    2021, Billy Yuen, Alexander Matyushentsev, Todd Ekenstam, Jesse Suen, GitOps and Kubernetes […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 11

    Synonyms: review

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo perform a code review on.

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Translations

Finnish koodikatselmointi
  • koodikatselmointipractice of verifying software changes
German Codereview, Review
  • Codereviewpractice of verifying software changes
  • Reviewpractice of verifying software changes
Hungarian kódellenőrzés
  • kódellenőrzéspractice of verifying software changes
Cite this entry
APA

code review. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/code%20review

MLA

“code review.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/code%20review. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “code review,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/code%20review.

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