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review


Definition: Meaning of, review in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / rɪˈvjuː /

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review reviews
  1. [uncountable and countable] a careful examination of a situation or process [↪  evaluation, analysis]
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  2. [countable] an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives an opinion about a new book, play, film etc
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  3. [uncountable] the work of writing reviews for a newspaper or magazine
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  4. [countable] a report on a series of events or a period of time, that mentions the most important parts
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  5. [countable] an official show of the army, navy etc so that a king, president, or officer of high rank can see them
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review reviewed reviewed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
reviewing reviews
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  1. to examine, consider, and judge a situation or process carefully in order to see if changes are necessary [↪  evaluate, analyse]
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  2. to write a short article describing and judging a new book, play, film etc
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  3. American English to look again at something you have studied, such as notes, reports etc [=  revise British English]
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  4. to examine and describe the most important parts of a series of events or period of time
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  5. to officially watch a group of soldiers, ships etc at a military show
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review used in phrases

  • Criminal Cases Review Commission
    1. a British organization, set up in 1997, that investigates cases where it is believed a person might have been wrongfully convicted of a crime
  • New York Review of Books, The
    1. a US magazine with long serious articles on new books, novels, poetry, writers etc
  • Security Intelligence Review Committee (noun)
    1. an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies
  • analytical review (noun)
    1. an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes
  • bill of review (noun)
    1. a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it
  • book review (noun)
    1. usually a recently published book a critical review of a book
  • critical review (noun)
    1. as of a book or play an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation
  • judicial review (noun)
    1. law review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court
  • limited review (noun)
    1. less exhaustive than an audit accounting a service that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
  • literary review (noun)
    1. a review devoted to literary criticism
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