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Review

noun

1.

A new appraisal or evaluation. Synonyms: reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation.

2.

An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play). Synonyms: critical review, critique, review article.

3.

A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment. Synonyms: 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. Synonym: limited review.

5.

A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians. Synonym: 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. Synonyms: recap, recapitulation.

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: brushup.

10.

A formal or official examination. Synonym: inspection. "We had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"

verb

(past & past part. reviewed; pres. part. reveiwing)

1.

Look at again; examine again. Synonym: reexamine.

2.

Appraise critically. Synonym: critique. "Please critique this performance"

3.

Hold a review (of troops). Synonyms: go over, survey.

4.

Refresh one's memory. Synonyms: brush up, refresh.

5.

Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember. Synonyms: look back, retrospect.

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"Review" Quotes from Famous Books

... a parade of all the troops in review order for the inspection of the Prince, who was pleased to express his complete satisfaction and approval of 'the steadiness under arms, soldier-like bearing, and precision of movement, which distinguish the corps of the three armies assembled ...

— Forty-one years in India - From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief • Frederick Sleigh Roberts

... strolled through the rain, holding the umbrella vertically over the exposed page to keep it dry while he read. Suddenly his eye was struck by an article. It was the review of a pamphlet by an American astronomer, in which the author announced a conclusive discovery with regard ...

— Two on a Tower • Thomas Hardy

... two days Samson had under review our islanders, and the brethren, who in martial accoutrements, and restored moreover already by good store of food, would fain take part in the great matter of executing Heaven's vengeance on Le Grand Sarrasin and his troop. These were ...

— The Fall Of The Grand Sarrasin • William J. Ferrar

... she still bent over the lock, motionless, saw in hand. In the instant she made a mental review of her proceedings and satisfied herself that she had been guilty of no professional blunder. The inopportune appearance of Mr. Cragg must be attributed to a blind chance—to fate. So the first wave of humiliation that swept over her receded as she gathered ...

— Mary Louise in the Country • L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)

... the beginning of the end of our year's work. After our usual devotional exercises we commenced the public examination of our school in all the various classes. It was an exhaustive review of as much of the work of the year as could be covered in the given time. All passed off to the satisfaction of the teachers and the great delight of a good number of visiting patrons and friends. It was a thorough ...

— The American Missionary -- Volume 48, No. 7, July, 1894 • Various

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