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say it: ree-VYOO
review is a noun and verb meaning "a new appraisal or evaluation". It carries 15 recorded senses.
a new appraisal or evaluation
an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
accounting
a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
(law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
law
a formal or official examination
“the platoon stood ready for review”
“we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator”
look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
“she reviewed her achievements with pride”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for review come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.