Dictionary Entry
review
review is a 6-letter English word with 30 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To view or see again; to look back on. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 30 senses
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- 1noun
- 2noun
To go over and examine critically or deliberately.
- 3noun
To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
- 4noun
To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
- 5noun
To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
- 6noun
To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.
- 7noun
To retrace; to go over again.
- 8intransitive verb
To look back; to make a review.
- 9noun
A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.
- 10noun
An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.
- 11noun
A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
- 12noun
A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
- 13noun
An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
- 14noun
The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
- 15noun
A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
- 16noun
a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
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- 17noun
a formal or official examination
"the platoon stood ready for review"
"we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"
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- 18noun
practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
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- 19noun
(law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
- 20noun
a new appraisal or evaluation
- 21noun
an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
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- 22noun
a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
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- 23noun
a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
- 24noun
a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
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- 25noun
(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
- 26verb
look at again; examine again
"let's review your situation"
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- 27verb
look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
"she reviewed her achievements with pride"
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- 28verb
hold a review (of troops)
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- 29verb
refresh one's memory
"I reviewed the material before the test"
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- 30verb
appraise critically
"She reviews books for the New York Times"
"Please critique this performance"
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