 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
review
noun
1: a new appraisal or evaluation [syn: {reappraisal}, {revaluation},
{reassessment}]
2: an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of
a book or play) [syn: {critique}, {critical review}, {review
article}]
3: a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of
monitoring earlier treatment [syn: {follow-up}, {followup},
{reexamination}]
4: (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that
provides some assurance to interested parties as to the
reliability of financial data [syn: {limited review}]
5: a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing
and comedians [syn: {revue}]
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 [syn: {recapitulation}, {recap}]
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 [syn: {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" [syn: {inspection}]
verb
1: look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation"
[syn: {reexamine}]
2: appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York
Times"; "Please critique this performance" [syn: {critique}]
3: hold a review (of troops) [syn: {go over}, {survey}]
4: refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the
test" [syn: {brush up}, {refresh}]
5: look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.);
remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" [syn:
{look back}, {retrospect}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Review \Re*view"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Review?d}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Reveiwing}.] [Pref. re- + view. Cf. {Review}, noun ]
1. To view or see again; to look back on. [R.] ''I shall
review Sicilia.'' --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["e]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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Review \Re*view"\, verb (used without an object)
To look back; to make a review.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Review \Re*view"\, noun [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["e]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["e]xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey;
reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
465 Moby Thesaurus words for "review":
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abbreviation, abbreviature,
abrege, abridgment, abstract, afterthought, air, airing, analysis,
analyze, annotate, annual, antimasque, application, approval,
array, assess, assessment, audience success, autopsy, ballet,
battologize, bimonthly, biweekly, bomb, bone, boning, book review,
brainwork, brief, bring back, bring to mind, broadcast drama,
brush up, burlesque show, buzz session, call back, call to mind,
call up, canvass, canvassing, capsule, caravan, cavalcade, censure,
charade, check, check out, check over, check up on, cliff hanger,
closet drama, colloquium, column, comedy drama, comment,
comment upon, commentary, commentation, commitment to memory,
compend, con, condensation, condensed version, conference,
conjure up, conning, consider, consideration, conspectus,
contemplate, contemplation, controvert, copy, cortege, cram,
critical bibliography, critical journal, critical notice,
critical review, critical success, criticism, criticize, critique,
daily, daybook, daytime serial, deal with, debate, debating,
deliberate, deliberate upon, deliberation, descant,
developed thought, dialectic, dialogue, diary, dig, digest,
discourse, discourse about, discuss, discussion, dissert,
dissertate, documentary drama, draft, drama, dramalogue,
dramatic play, dramatic series, dress parade, drill, duodrama,
duologue, dwelling upon, editorial, elaboration, elucubrate,
engrossment, ephemeris, epic theater, epitome, evaluate,
evaluation, evoke, examination, examine, exchange of views,
exchange views, exercise, exercise of memory, experimental theater,
extensive study, extravaganza, failure, fill, flashback, flop,
flyover, fortnightly, forum, funeral, gasser, gazette, get up on,
give an encore, give an examination, giveaway, gloss, go back,
go back over, go into, go over, go through, going over, grind,
grinding, handle, happening, hark back, have second thoughts, head,
headwork, hindsight, hit, hit show, improvisational drama,
inquire into, inspect, inspection, investigate, investigation,
iterate, iteration, joint discussion, journal, judge, judgement,
knock around, leader, leading article, learning by heart,
legitimate drama, line, literary criticism, logical analysis,
logical discussion, look at, look back, look over, looking back,
lucubrate, lucubration, magazine, march past, masque,
mature thought, melodrama, memoir, memorization, memorizing,
mental labor, mind, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monitor,
monodrama, monologue, monthly, morality, morality play,
moralize upon, motorcade, mule train, music drama, musical revue,
mystery, mystery play, narration, narrative, newsmagazine, notice,
observe, open discussion, open forum, opera, organ, outline,
overhaul, overhauling, overlook, overview, pack train, pad,
pageant, pandect, panel discussion, panel show, pantomime, parade,
pass over, pass under review, pastoral, pastoral drama, peer at,
periodical, perlustration, perusal, peruse, pictorial, piece, play,
playlet, plunge into, polish up, pomp, pore over, postmortem,
practice, practicing, precis, problem play, procession, promenade,
psychodrama, quality control, quarterly, quiz show, radio drama,
rap, rap session, re-examination, re-examine, read, reading,
reaffirm, reaffirmation, reappraisal, reappraise, reason,
reason about, reason the point, reassert, reassess, reassessment,
rebehold, recall, recall to mind, recalling, recap, recapitulate,
recapitulation, recapture, recheck, recital, recite, recollect,
recollecting, recollection, reconsider, reconsideration, recount,
recountal, recounting, reevaluate, reevoke, reexamine, reflect,
reflection, refresh the memory, regard, regard studiously, rehash,
rehearsal, rehearse, reinquire, reinquiry, reissue, reiterate,
reiteration, relation, remark, remark upon, remember, remembering,
remembrance, reminiscence, report, reprint, restate, restatement,
restudy, restudying, resume, retail, retell, retelling, rethink,
rethinking, retrace, retrospect, retrospection, revaluate,
revaluation, review in retrospect, reviewing, revise, revision,
revive, revue, reword, ripe idea, rote, rote memory, rub up,
rubric, run over, run-through, running commentary, say over,
say over again, scan, scrutinize, scrutiny, second thought,
second thoughts, see in retrospect, seminar, sensational play,
serial, set an examination, shortened version, show, sift, sitcom,
situation comedy, size, size up, skeleton, sketch, skimmington,
skit, slick magazine, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle,
stage play, stage show, straight drama, stream, string, study,
studying, subject, success, sum up, summarize, summary, summing up,
summon up, survey, suspense drama, swot, swotting, syllabus,
symposium, synopsis, tableau, tableau vivant, take stock of,
take the measure, take up, tale-telling, talk, talk about, talk of,
talk over, talk show, tautologize, teleplay, television drama,
television play, telling, theater of cruelty, think back,
think better of, think of, think over, thresh out,
thumbnail sketch, topical outline, total theater, touch upon,
town meeting, trade magazine, train, treat, treat of, treatment,
use hindsight, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle,
ventilate, ventilation, vet, visitation, wade through, weekly,
weigh, wide reading, word-of-mouth success, work, write up,
write-up, yarn spinning, yearbook
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
REVIEW, v.t.
To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it,
Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)
At work upon a book, and so read out of it
The qualities that you have first read into it.
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