review
A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
Example
“I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.”
Other meanings
An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
“The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.”
A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
“The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.”
Related words
- metareview
- minireview
- reviewish
- reviewless
- board of review
- review copy
- capsule review
- judicial review
- bar review
- code review
- collateral review
- law review
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "revideō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “review” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.