Review

/ɹɪˈvjuː/ · noun

Meaning

A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.

The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.

The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of his book to demonic inspiration!

The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.

The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.

The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.

The Times Literary Review is published in London.

The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.

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• reviews
• re-view
• reviewing
• reviewed

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