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review   (TTS Sound)

The noun review has 10 senses

• reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment -- (a new appraisal or evaluation)


• review, critique, critical review, review article -- (an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play))


• follow-up, followup, reexamination, review -- (a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment)


• review, limited review -- ((accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data)


• revue, review -- (a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians)


• review -- (a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art)


• recapitulation, recap, review -- (a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion)


• review -- ((law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court))


• review, brushup -- (practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory)


• inspection, review -- (a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator")

The verb review has 5 senses

• review, reexamine -- (look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation")


• review, critique -- (appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance")


• review, go over, survey -- (hold a review (of troops))


• review, brush up, refresh -- (refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test")


• review, look back, retrospect -- (look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride")