See Also: review(1)(dictionary)
Review(medicine)
review(2)(dictionary)
Blind review(health)
Progress review(finance)
Technical Review(money)
Progress review(money)
Peer Review(money)
Design Review(money)
Peer review(health)

review(1) (iou)



review noun. In sense 7 also re-view. LME.
[French reveue (now revue), from revoir, from re- RE- + voir: see VIEW noun.]
An inspection of military or naval forces; esp. a display and formal inspection of troops or the fleet by the monarch, the commander-in-chief, a high-ranking visitor, etc. LME.
Princess Alice The Sultan..in whose honour a great naval review..was held. attrib.: A. Duggan We fell in on parade in review order.
The action of looking over a book etc. for the purpose of correction or improvement; revision; an instance of this. Now rare. M16.
Burke What we have left standing in our..reviews and reformations.
An inspection, an examination. Freq. in in review. E17.
J. F. W. Herschel Uranus was discovered..in the course of a review of the heavens.
A general survey or reconsideration of some subject or thing (freq. in in review, under review); a retrospect, a survey of the past. E17.
W. Cowper Mem'ry's..wand That calls the past to our exact review. J. F. Kennedy The programme would be kept constantly under review. J. Bowlby My aim in this lecture has been to present a review of these findings.
Law. Consideration of a judgement, sentence, etc., by some higher court or authority. M17.
W. Blackstone Their sentence is final..not even a review can be had. R. C. A. White Supervisory jurisdiction is exercised..on application for judicial review.
An account or criticism of a (new or recent) book, play, film, product, etc., esp. as forming (part of) an article in a newspaper or periodical. M17.
J. Agate A delightful review of Ego 5 in the Manchester Guardian. H. Rosenthal My first real reviews..appeared in..Ballet and Opera.
b. A periodical publication consisting mainly of articles on current events, new books, art, etc. Freq. in titles of periodicals. E18.
G. Boddy Murry and Lawrence planned a new review to be called the Signature.
A second or repeated view. Formerly also (rare), the fact of seeing a place or person again. M17.
F. Atterbury The Works of Nature will bear a Thousand Views, and Reviews.
A facility for playing a tape recording during a fast rewind, so that it can be stopped when a particular point is reached. L20.
Phrases: bill of review Law: brought to procure examination and reversal of a decision made on an earlier bill. court of review Law: before which judgements, sentences, etc., come for possible revision. cue and review: see CUE noun2. in review under examination. judicial review: see JUDICIAL adjective.