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.
Definitions
- noun. To view or see again; to look back on.
- noun. To go over and examine critically or deliberately.
- noun. To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
- noun. To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.
- noun. To retrace; to go over again.
- intransitive verb. To look back; to make a review.
- noun. 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.
- noun. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.
- noun. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
- noun. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
- noun. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
- noun. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
- noun. a formal or official examination
"the platoon stood ready for review"
"we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"
- noun. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
- noun. (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
- noun. a new appraisal or evaluation
- noun. an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- noun. a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- noun. a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
- noun. a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
- noun. (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
- verb. look at again; examine again
"let's review your situation"
- verb. look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
"she reviewed her achievements with pride"
- verb. hold a review (of troops)
- verb. refresh one's memory
"I reviewed the material before the test"
- verb. appraise critically
"She reviews books for the New York Times"
"Please critique this performance"
Synonyms
followup, reexamination, inspection, brushup, reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, critique, recap, recapitulation, revue, reexamine, retrospect, survey, refresh
Anagrams
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Common word forms
reviews, reviewal, reviewed, reviewer, reviewing, reviewable, reviewless
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