review

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
2. (countable, uncountable) An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
3. (countable, uncountable) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
4. (countable, uncountable) A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
5. (countable, uncountable) A survey of the available items or material.
6. (countable, uncountable) A review article.
7. (countable, uncountable) A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
8. (countable, uncountable) A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
9. (countable, uncountable) A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.

Verb

1. To survey; to look broadly over.
2. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
3. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
4. (Canada, Philippines, US, sometimes, transitive) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
5. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
6. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.

Synonyms

survey

critique

revision

revise

examine

inspection

criticism

inspect

criticize

comment

check

revue

examination

practice

exercise

repetition

re-examination

reconsider

reconsideration

magazine

audit

judge

🧑‍⚖️

commentary

recapitulation

periodical

parade

overview

notice

look back

practise

repeat

🔁

correct

go over

train

🚋

analysis

drill

scrutinize

evaluate

look at

study

investigate

assess

censure

muster

oversee

brush up

brushup

journal

consider

reexamine

Translations

rivista

revisión

révision

revista

revue

recensione

critique

‼️

revue

Rezension

réviser

revisar

recensie

revisione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈvjuː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: revewe

In summary

From Middle English revewe, reveue, from Old French reveüe, revue (Modern French: revue), feminine form of reveü, past participle of reveoir (French: revoir), from Latin revideō, from re- +videō (“see, observe”) (English: video). Equivalent to re- + view. Compare retrospect. Doublet of revue.

Sentences

I would give a good review of the new TV I bought a week ago .

He is known as the originator of the " Dublin Review ".