review
Other forms: reviews; reviewed; reviewing
To review means to look back over something for evaluation or memory. "The year in review" is a popular form of news feature near the end of December.
If your boss wants to give you a review, she wants to look over the history of your job performance. A doctor might review your medical record to help diagnose your sickness. The review of a book or movie often evaluates the work in question based on its strong and weak points, sometimes ending with a recommendation (or a dismissal). Before a big test, you might want to review ("brush up on") your notes.
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look at again; examine again
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look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
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refresh one's memory
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practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
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a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussionsynonyms: recap, recapitulationtypes:epanodosrecapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)type of:capitulationa summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic
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a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatmentsynonyms: follow-up, followup, reexamination
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(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial datasynonyms: limited reviewtypes:analytical reviewan auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changestype of:accounting, accounting system, method of accountinga bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
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(law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)types:bill of reviewa proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered itjudicial reviewreview by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial courtstrict scrutinythe most stringent standard of review a court applies to determine whether a law is constitutionaltype of:legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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appraise critically
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a new appraisal or evaluationsynonyms: reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation
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an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)synonyms: critical review, critique, review articletypes:book reviewa critical review of a book (usually a recently published book)noticea short critical reviewravean extravagantly enthusiastic reviewtype of:
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a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or arttypes:literary reviewa review devoted to literary criticismtype of:periodicala publication that appears at fixed intervals
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a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedianssynonyms: revuetypes:folliesa revue with elaborate costumingZiegfeld Folliesa series of extravagant revues produced by Flo Ziegfeldtype of:
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a formal or official examination“the platoon stood ready for review”synonyms: inspectiontypes:spot checka check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warningtype of:
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hold a review (of troops)
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Vocabulary lists containing review
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