review

plural reviews · alternative obsolete rare re-view

1. countableuncountableA 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.

2. countableuncountableAn account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.

   The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.

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   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 his book to demonic inspiration!

   1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD, published 2013, →ISBN, page 54

3. countableuncountablelawA judicial reassessment of a case or an event.

   The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.

4. countableuncountableA stage show made up of topical sketches etc.

   The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.

   Synonyms: revue

5. countableuncountableA survey of the available items or material.

   The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.

6. countableuncountablesciencesA review article.
7. countableuncountableA periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.

   The Times Literary Review is published in London.

8. countableuncountableA military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.

   The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.

9. countableuncountableA forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.

   The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.

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   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 Welfare Services Pathways and Placements, New York, N.Y.: Aldine de Gruyter, →ISBN, part I (Examining Child Abuse and Child Welfare Caseloads and Careers), page 20

present singular third person reviews · participle present reviewing · participle past reviewed · past reviewed · alternative obsolete rare re-view

1. To survey; to look broadly over.

   Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.

2. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.

   The critic reviews every new play in London.

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   […] "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 Times

3. 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

4. CanadaPhilippinesUSsometimestransitiveTo look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.

   Synonyms: revise

5. obsoleteTo 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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]

6. obsoleteTo 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