review
[ ri-vyoo ]
/ rɪˈvyu /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to write reviews; review books, movies, etc., as for a newspaper or periodical: He reviews for some small-town newspaper.
OTHER WORDS FOR review
16 criticize.
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Origin of review
synonym study for review
1. Review, criticism imply careful examination of something, formulation of a judgment, and statement of the judgment, usually in written form. A review is a survey over a whole subject or division of it, or especially an article making a critical reconsideration and summary of something written: a review of the latest book on Chaucer. A criticism is a judgment, usually in an article, either favorable or unfavorable or both: a criticism of a proposed plan. The words are interchanged when referring to motion pictures or theater, but review implies a somewhat less formal approach than criticism in referring to literary works: movie reviews; play reviews; book reviews.
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH review
review , revue (see synonym study at the current entry)Dictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for review
review
/ (rɪˈvjuː) /
verb (mainly tr)
noun
Derived forms of review
reviewable, adjectivereviewer, nounWord Origin for review
C16: from French, from revoir to see again, from Latin re- re- + vidēre to see
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