review

1 /rI'vju:/ noun

1 (C, U) an act of carefully examining and considering a situation or process: The Department of Agriculture ordered an urgent review of pesticide safety. | a review of progress in computer science over the last 20 years | under review (=being examined and considered): Nuclear weapons systems are currently under review. | come up for review (=come to the time when there is supposed to be a review): The ban on whaling came up for review in 1990.

2 (C) an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives an opinion about a new book, play, film etc: Her latest novel got good reviews in the press.

3 (U) the work of writing these: He sent her an offprint of the article for review. | review copy (=a copy of a book etc sent to a magazine or newspaper for review)

4 (C) an official show of the army, navy etc in the presence of a king, president, or officer of high rank: a naval review

5 (C) a revue

2 verb

1 (T) to examine, consider and judge a situation or process carefully: Government spending has been reviewed to try and reduce the budget deficit.

2 (I, T) to write an article judging a new book, play, film etc: Bernstein sometimes reviewed classical music in the `Post'. | be well reviewed (=be praised by reviewers)

3 (T) to officially examine a group of soldiers, ships etc at a military show: The President will review the soldiers on parade.

4 (T) AmE to look again at something quickly, such as school work, notes of lessons, or a report, etc

—compare revise (2)