review

Meanings

Noun

• A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
• An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
• A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
• A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
• A survey of the available items or material.
• A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
• A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
• A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.

Verb

• To survey; to look broadly over.
• To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
• To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
• To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
• To view or see again; to look back on.
• To retrace; to go over again.

Origin

• From Middle English revewe, reveue, from Old French reveue, revue (Modern French: revue), feminine form of reveu, past participle of reveoir (French: revoir), from Latin revideō, from re- +videō (English: video). Equivalent to re- + view. Compare retrospect. revue.