Dictionary entry details
• REVIEW (noun)
Meaning:
A new appraisal or evaluation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
review; revaluation; reassessment; reappraisal
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
appraisal; assessment (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
stock-taking; stocktaking (reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook)
Meaning:
An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
critical review; critique; review article; review
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
criticism; literary criticism (a written evaluation of a work of literature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
rave (an extravagantly enthusiastic review)
notice (a short critical review)
book review (a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book))
Meaning:
A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
reexamination; follow-up; followup; review
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Meaning:
(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
limited review; review
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
accounting; accounting system; method of accounting (a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts)
Domain category:
accounting (a system that provides quantitative information about finances)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
analytical review (an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes)
Meaning:
A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
revue; review
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
variety; variety show (a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
follies (a revue with elaborate costuming)
Meaning:
A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
literary review (a review devoted to literary criticism)
Meaning:
A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
recap; recapitulation; review
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
capitulation (a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
epanodos (recapitualtion of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order))
Meaning:
(law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
bill of review (a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it)
judicial review (review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court)
Meaning:
Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
brushup; review
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
rub up (a review that refreshes your memory)
Meaning:
A formal or official examination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
inspection; review
Context examples:
the platoon stood ready for review / we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator
Hypernyms ("review" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "review"):
check; check-out procedure; checkout (the act of inspecting or verifying)
• REVIEW (verb)
Meaning:
Look at again; examine again
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
reexamine; review
Context example:
let's review your situation
Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvas; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Appraise critically
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
critique; review
Context examples:
She reviews books for the New York Times / Please critique this performance
Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "review"):
peer review; referee (evaluate professionally a colleague's work)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue review the movie
Meaning:
Hold a review (of troops)
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
go over; review; survey
Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):
inspect (look over carefully)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Refresh one's memory
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
brush up; refresh; review
Context example:
I reviewed the material before the test
Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):
call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
retrospect; look back; review
Context example:
she reviewed her achievements with pride
Hypernyms (to "review" is one way to...):
remember; think back (recapture the past; indulge in memories)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
