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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To look over, study, or examine again.
  • v. To consider retrospectively; look back on.
  • v. To examine with an eye to criticism or correction: reviewed the research findings.
  • v. To write or give a critical report on (a new work or performance, for example).
  • v. Law To reexamine (an action or determination) judicially, especially in a higher court, in order to correct possible errors.
  • v. To subject to a formal inspection, especially a military inspection.
  • verb-intransitive. To go over or restudy material: reviewing for a final exam.
  • verb-intransitive. To write critical reviews, especially for a newspaper or magazine.
  • n. A reexamination or reconsideration.
  • n. A retrospective view or survey.
  • n. A restudying of subject matter.
  • n. An exercise for use in restudying material.
  • n. An inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation.
  • n. A report or essay giving a critical estimate of a work or performance.
  • n. A periodical devoted to articles and essays on current affairs, literature, or art.
  • n. A formal military inspection.
  • n. A formal military ceremony held in honor of a person or occasion.
  • n. Law A judicial reexamination, especially by a higher court, of an action or determination.
  • n. A musical show consisting of often satirical skits, songs, and dances; a revue.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact.
  • n. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
  • n. A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
  • n. A stage show made up of sketches etc.
  • n. A survey of the available items or material.
  • n. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
  • n. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
  • n. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
  • v. To survey; to look broadly over.
  • v. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
  • v. To see again.
  • v. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To view or see again; to look back on.
  • v. To go over and examine critically or deliberately.
  • v. To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
  • v. To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of.
  • v. To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like.
  • v. To reëxamine judically.
  • v. To retrace; to go over again.
  • verb-intransitive. To look back; to make a review.
  • n. A second or repeated view; a reëxamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again.
  • n. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision.
  • n. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
  • n. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
  • n. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A second or repeated view.
  • n. A view of the past; a retrospective survey.
  • n. The process of going over again or repeating what is past: as, the review of a study; the class has monthly reviews in Latin.
  • n. A revision; a reëxamination with a view to amendment or improvement: as, an author's review of his works.
  • n. A critical examination; a critique; particularly, a written discussion of the merits and defects of a literary work; a critical essay.
  • n. The name given to certain periodical publications, consisting of a collection of critical essays on subjects of public interest, literary, scientific, political, moral, or theological, together with critical examinations of new publications.
  • n. The formal inspection of military or naval forces by a higher official or a superior in rank, with a view to learning the condition of the forces thus inspected, and their skill in performing customary evolutions and manœuvers.
  • n. Inlaw, the judicial revision or reconsideration of a judgment or an order already made; the examination by an appellate tribunal of the decision of a lower tribunal, to determine whether it be erroneous.
  • To see again.
  • To look back upon; recall by the aid of memory.
  • To repeat; go over again; retrace: as, to review a course of study.
  • To examine again; go over again in order to prune or correct; revise.
  • To consider or discuss critically; go over in careful examination in order to bring out excellences and defects, and, with reference to established canons, to pass judgment; especially, to consider or discuss critically in a written essay.
  • To look carefully over; survey; especially, to make a formal or official inspection of: as, to review a regiment.
  • In law: To consider or examine again; revise: as, a court of appeal reviews the judgment of an inferior court.
  • To reëxamine or retax, as a bill of costs by the taxing-master or by a judge in chambers.
  • To look back.
  • To make reviews; be a reviewer: as, he reviews for the “Times.”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a new appraisal or evaluation
  • v. refresh one's memory
  • n. a formal or official examination
  • n. an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
  • n. a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
  • n. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
  • v. look at again; examine again
  • n. (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
  • v. hold a review (of troops)
  • n. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
  • n. (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
  • n. a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
  • n. a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
  • v. look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
  • v. appraise critically
  • Verb Form
    reviewed    reviewing    reviews   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    remember    think    recall    retrieve    call-back    call up    recollect    analyze    canvass    examine   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reconsider    retrace    revision    reconsideration    resurvey    reëxamination    survey    revise    revisal    retrospect   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few   
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    Same Context
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    analysis    discussion    report    survey    publication    evaluation    research    collection    program    summary