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n. (cognition) | 1. reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, review | a new appraisal or evaluation. |
| ~ appraisal, assessment | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth. |
| ~ stock-taking, stocktaking | reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook. |
n. (communication) | 2. critical review, critique, review, review article | an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play). |
| ~ literary criticism, criticism | a written evaluation of a work of literature. |
| ~ book review | a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book). |
| ~ notice | a short critical review.; "the play received good notices" |
| ~ rave | an extravagantly enthusiastic review.; "he gave it a rave" |
n. (act) | 3. follow-up, followup, reexamination, review | a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment. |
| ~ examination, scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). |
n. (possession) | 4. limited review, review | (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data. |
| ~ accounting | a system that provides quantitative information about finances. |
| ~ accounting system, method of accounting, accounting | a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts. |
| ~ analytical review | an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes. |
n. (communication) | 5. review, revue | a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians. |
| ~ follies | a revue with elaborate costuming. |
| ~ variety show, variety | a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances. |
n. (communication) | 6. review | a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art. |
| ~ periodical | a publication that appears at fixed intervals. |
| ~ literary review | a review devoted to literary criticism. |
n. (communication) | 7. recap, recapitulation, review | a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion. |
| ~ capitulation | a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic. |
| ~ epanodos | recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order). |
n. (act) | 8. review | (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court). |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
n. (act) | 9. brushup, review | practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory. |
| ~ practice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions.; "practice makes perfect" |
| ~ rub up | a review that refreshes your memory.; "I need a rub up on my Latin" |
n. (act) | 10. inspection, review | a formal or official examination.; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator" |
| ~ check-out procedure, checkout, check | the act of inspecting or verifying.; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" |
| ~ examination, scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). |
v. (cognition) | 11. reexamine, review | look at again; examine again.; "let's review your situation" |
| ~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
v. (communication) | 12. critique, review | appraise critically.; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ peer review, referee | evaluate professionally a colleague's work. |
v. (cognition) | 13. go over, review, survey | hold a review (of troops). |
| ~ inspect | look over carefully.; "Please inspect your father's will carefully" |
v. (cognition) | 14. brush up, refresh, review | refresh one's memory.; "I reviewed the material before the test" |
| ~ recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
v. (cognition) | 15. look back, retrospect, review | look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember.; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" |
| ~ think back, remember | recapture the past; indulge in memories.; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" |
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