REVIEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does review mean? 

• REVIEW (noun)
  The noun REVIEW has 10 senses:

1. a new appraisal or evaluation

2. an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

3. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

4. (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data

5. a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

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

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

10. a formal or official examination

  Familiarity information: REVIEW used as a noun is familiar.

• REVIEW (verb)
  The verb REVIEW has 5 senses:

1. look at again; examine again

2. appraise critically

3. hold a review (of troops)

4. refresh one's memory

5. look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

  Familiarity information: REVIEW used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVIEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A new appraisal or evaluation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

reappraisal; reassessment; revaluation; review

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

appraisal; assessment (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

stock-taking; stocktaking (reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook)

Derivation:

review (look at again; examine again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

critical review; critique; review; review article

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

criticism; literary criticism (a written evaluation of a work of literature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

book review (a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book))

notice (a short critical review)

rave (an extravagantly enthusiastic review)

Derivation:

review (appraise critically)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

follow-up; followup; reexamination; review

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Derivation:

review (look at again; examine again)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

limited review; review

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

accounting; accounting system; method of accounting (a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts)

Domain category:

accounting (a system that provides quantitative information about finances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

analytical review (an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

review; revue

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

variety; variety show (a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

follies (a revue with elaborate costuming)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

literary review (a review devoted to literary criticism)

Derivation:

review (appraise critically)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

recap; recapitulation; review

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

capitulation (a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

epanodos (recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order))

Derivation:

review (look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember)

Sense 8

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

bill of review (a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it)

judicial review (review 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 court)

Derivation:

review (look at again; examine again)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

brushup; review

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

rub up (a review that refreshes your memory)

Derivation:

review (refresh one's memory)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A formal or official examination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

inspection; review

Context example:

we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator

Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):

check; check-out procedure; checkout (the act of inspecting or verifying)

Derivation:

review (hold a review (of troops))

• REVIEW (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look at again; examine again

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

reexamine; review

Context example:

let's review your situation

Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

reviewer (a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day)

review (a new appraisal or evaluation)

review (a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Appraise critically

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

critique; review

Context example:

Please critique this performance

Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "review"):

peer review; referee (evaluate professionally a colleague's work)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue review the movie

Derivation:

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

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

reviewer (someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Hold a review (of troops)

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

go over; review; survey

Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):

inspect (look over carefully)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

review (a formal or official examination)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Refresh one's memory

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

brush up; refresh; review

Context example:

I reviewed the material before the test

Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):

call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

review (practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

look back; retrospect; review

Context example:

she reviewed her achievements with pride

Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):

remember; think back (recapture the past; indulge in memories)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

review (a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion)

 Context examples 

The pictures can be saved, changed to give better viewing angles, and reviewed after the procedure, even years later.

(Computed tomographic colonography, NCI Dictionary)

Extremely low birth weight babies may be at increased risk for mental health problems later in life, a new review suggests.

(Tiny Babies May Face Mental Health Problems Later, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The review also covers the effects of dairy products on growth, bone mineral density, generation of muscle mass, and during pregnancy or breastfeeding.

(Adequate intake of milk and dairy products in different life stages helps prevent chronic diseases, University of Granada)

A Community Advisory Board may review and monitor clinical trials and help teach the community about the trials.

(Community Advisory Board, NCI Dictionary)

If you want a more modern kitchen, for example, you can review various contractors by asking for estimates and choosing one.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A CAB may review and monitor clinical trials and help teach the community about the trials.

(CAB, NCI Dictionary)

Their reviews remind me of a British Sunday.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Specifies whether a doctor has reviewed and signed off on a document or activity.

(Physician Sign Off Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE: Dossier review may continue while associated Phase IIIB trials are conducted.

(Phase IIIb Trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

In a review of the two houses, as they appeared to her before the end of a week, Fanny was tempted to apply to them Dr.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)