review
/ɹɪˈvju/ noun A1- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights. · I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
- 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.
- A stage show made up of topical sketches etc. · The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
- A survey of the available items or material. · The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
- A review article.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field. · The Times Literary Review is published in London.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs. · The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
Plural reviews
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The crime was depicted in the most vivid colors; the former life of the prisoner, his transformation, a review of his life from the earliest period, were set forth with all the talent that a knowledge of human life could furnish to a mind like that of the procureur.
Her astonishment, as she reflected on what had passed, was increased by every review of it.
Review your life, Albert; although it is only just beginning, did a lovely summer’s day ever dawn with greater purity than has marked the commencement of your career?
His character sunk on every review of it; and, as a punishment for him, as well as a possible advantage to Jane, she seriously hoped he might really soon marry Mr.
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