reviewn.
/rᵻˈvjuː/, U.S. /rəˈvju/, /riˈvju/ (also in branch II.)Brit. /riːˈvjuː/ I. The action or an act of looking over or inspecting.
1.
a. An inspection of military or naval forces; esp. a ceremonial display and formal inspection of troops or the fleet by a monarch, commander-in-chief, or high-ranking visitor.See also to make (also take) (a) review at Phrases 1a.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > review
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1441 in Archaeologia (1814) 17 215 (MED) He shall be content and paied for himself and his seid Archers..after their moustres and reviewes.
1595 A. Hartwell tr. G. T. Minadoi Hist. Warres Turkes & Persians iii. 82 (heading) A reuiew of the Armie, and the nomber of those that wanted in the Army.
1669 F. Vernon Let. 5 Apr. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1968) V. 461 Ther was a review of the Kings guards of horse at Colomb about 3000 men at wch the King was present.
1713 London Gaz. No. 5106/3 Their Lordships will meet at the Horse-Guards..to finish the said Review.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlii. 144 It is not probable that he would appear again before his soldiers, even in the pacific ceremony of a review.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) iv. 34 A grand review was to take place upon the lines.
1884 Princess Christian tr. Princess Alice Let. in tr. K. Sell Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse 164 The Sultan,..in whose honour a great naval review at Spithead was held.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 124 The pleasure steamers of touring trippers that go round the Fleet at Naval Reviews, usually cheering as they pass ships.
1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing (2000) ii. 88 When there is a royal review both the colonel and the lieutenant-colonel..would each take command of a squadron.
b. In extended use. Now rare (but cf. sense 4).
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1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 56 Hee should administer the Provinces..and likewise hold the generall review and muster of the people.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. vii. 32 At the great and general review of us all, corporal, at the day of judgment.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at cited word Review of the Black Cuirassiers, a visitation of the clergy.
1840 F. Trollope Widow Married I. i. 12 She had made up her mind that day to have a general review of all her children's heads.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 50 The guests..filed out in the best order: Miss Abbey standing at the..door.., to hold a ceremony of review and dismissal.
1907 J. Galsworthy Country House ii. 25 Behind the right wing of the house he held a review of the beaters, who filed before him out of the yard.
1912 A. A. Milne Holiday Round 144 Cinderella indeed looked beautiful as they started for the ball; but her mother, who held a review of her in the drawing-room, was not quite satisfied.
2. † b. concrete. Printing. = revise n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
a. The action of looking (again) over something, as a book, text, etc., with a view to its correction or improvement; revision; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > looking over with a view to amendment
review1565
revision1607
revising1611
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reviewal1650
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > revising or reviewing
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revision1595
revising1611
revise1641
reviewal1650
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > critical revision of text
review1565
recognition1568
censure1604
revision1607
revise1641
diorthosis1704
recension1793
diaskeuasis1886
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [noun] > result of revision
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1565 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 27 We think so well of the first impression, and reviewe of those whiche have sithens travailed therin.
1622 W. Jaggard in A. Vincent Discov. Errours Catal. Nobility sig. ¶6v The sight alone of such a reuerend man..would do more good for keeping the presse in order, then the view, and reuiew of twentie proofes by himselfe.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients Ded. sig. A3 Some things having passed therein, which..in the review..I wished might be altered.
1710 C. Wheatley Illustr. Bk. Common Prayer Pref. Some particular Alterations in after Reviews it will not be necessary to enter into the Detail of.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 354 What we have left standing in our several reviews and reformations, as well as to what we have altered or superadded. View more context for this quotation
1835 Amer. Q. Rev. Sept. 242 Let him take leisure to prune what, on a review of his whole manuscript, he may himself deem redundant.
a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. xvi. 271 I concluded a brief review of the last devoir, and..bade them take their grammars.
1904 A. C. Fletcher in 22nd Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1900–1 ii. Pref. 14 A final review of the manuscript was made with Mr Murie in the spring of 1902.
1989 M. Morgulis Return to Red Planet iv. 49 I insisted that..I would be sent a copy of the completed translation for review before it went to the printers.
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society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] > proof > revised proof
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1622 W. Jaggard in A. Vincent Discov. Errours Catal. Nobility sig. ¶6v Though hee came not in person to ouer-looke the Presse, yet the Proofe, and Reuiewes duly attended him, and he perused them..in the maner he did before.
3.
a. A general survey or reconsideration of some subject or thing; (now esp.) a report on, or summary and evaluation of, events or developments over a given period, or in a specific field.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun]
surveyancec1386
surveying1467
survey1548
view1569
reviewing1573
review1604
traverse1658
retrospection1661
surveyala1677
reconnaissance1815
reconnoissance1824
look-see1876
look-over1883
reconnoitre1891
poke round1901
traversal1903
recce1941
tour d'horizon1952
1604 R. Parsons Rev. Ten Publike Disput. Pref. I have thought good here to examine all together in this Re-view.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. xiii. 71 Let vs take a little reuiew of some principall occurrents in the former Catalogue.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 1 To take a Review of the old and new Game of Pamphlets, play'd and penn'd by the meaner sort.
1773 T. Leland Hist. Ireland I. Contents Review of the state of Ireland at this period.
1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation Pref. p. iv He has taken a review of the effects of all the schemes which have been successively adopted.
1849 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (new ed.) 409 (note) Milne Edwards has not mentioned them in his Review of Crustaceology.
1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. iii. 178 The review of the proceedings in Great Britain and France..presents the general subject under two very different aspects.
1895 I. Maclaren Beside Bonnie Brier Bush iii. 92 This review of modern thought [is] reinforced by telling quotations.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 396/2 The letters..give a general review of English agriculture at the time.
1967 E. C. C. Uzodinma Our Dead Speak xv. 111 A review of the events of the past market week.
1999 S. Orbach Impossibility of Sex (2000) 198 This is in no sense a comprehensive review of our current understanding.
b. As a mass noun: reconsideration, survey, summary. Esp. in in (also under) review.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [adverb]
in (also under) review1811
1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. Pref. 6 Review and attention, and even forming a judgment, becomes fatigue.
1811 P. B. Shelley St. Irvyne x. 198 It would unfold a tale of too much horror to trace, in review, the circumstances as then they occurred.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 25 Passing lightly in review What seemed hits and what seemed misses.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Feb. 11/1 Passing under review the war dangers to which Germany and Prussia have been exposed.
1931 Brit. Printer 43 229/1 The author passes in review all the different types.
1991 Public Wks. Nov. 28/1 The ‘Week in Review’ section..contains an article..that describes [etc.].
c. With of (the person or agent). rare.
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1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames Pref. p. vi A variety of offences..have been brought under the review of the Reader.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ii. 15 Directions given but not executed under the review of consciousness.
1904 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 128 781/2 So as to enable the whole law to be brought under the review of the reader who has occasion to refer to the Act.
4.
a. An inspection, examination. Also as a mass noun, in in (also under) review: under inspection or examination.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > instance of
inquisitionc1440
investigation1533
sight1592
review1611
percontation1623
evestigation1658
inquirendoa1846
shakedown1914
look-around1967
nosy1990
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adverb] > under investigation
in (also under) review1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Revisit A review taken by the King of his Officers accounts.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 44 He..now began afresh to take a review of the Coat or Garment that was given him as he stood by the Cross. View more context for this quotation
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 iv. 23 At the end of May I make a second review, and if I find one branch..stronger than the other, I cut..it off.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §262 (note) This bolt and shackle would necessarily be in review on getting in the bridle.
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy viii. 276 Uranus was discovered by Sir W. Herschel in 1781,..in the course of a review of the heavens.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 55 Our good child..passed in review all her gowns, fichus, tags, bobbins, laces, silk stockings, and fallals.
1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators I. 298 As the crowd pass the different combatants in review, none..have more backers than their old favourite.
1949 Amer. Midland Naturalist 41 21 All the duck population came under close review.
1992 E. Yourdon Decline & Fall Amer. Programmer 206 The organization schedules normal reviews (also known as inspections, walkthroughs etc.).
b. Official or formal assessment of legislation, a procedure, a policy, etc., with the intention of instituting change if necessary; an instance of this.
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1660 W. Lenthall Speech to His Majestie 4 I humbly beseech your Sacred Majesty to interpose your Royall Authority, to command a review of the house, for there were never more than now fitted for such Imployments.]
1763 Gentleman's & London Mag. Nov. 672 It were to be wished that the laws respecting the personal liberty of the subject should be brought under the review of parliament.
1794 Rep. Comm. Trustees for Encouragem. Manufactures Scotl. App. C 27 In consequence of what was formerly suggested by Sir William Forbes, baronet, in his official review of the business of this department, a distinct office day-book is now kept.
1867 Times 7 June 6/4 A review by Parliament of our railway legislation.
1932 Econ. Jrnl. 42 455 The practice has come under the review of two Committees since the War.
1979 T. Benn Arguments for Socialism ii. 57 We should constantly have under review the aims and objectives of public ownership.
1997 Sporting Life 10 Dec. 1/7 In the longer term, the Plan calls for..a comprehensive review of gambling legislation and taxation.
c. = peer review n.
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1972 Milbank Memorial Fund Q. 50 51 Lists of doctors meeting such voluntary peer-reviewed standards would be available to the public. Such reviews would be based on study of randomly selected medical records and intensive discussion with the physician.
1989 S. McCutcheon Water Quality Modeling I. 54 The corrections were so significant and the review so thorough that the corrected version of the model was soon adopted.
2004 D. Shatz Peer Rev. ii. 36 By the very nature of a review, it has been argued, reviewers tend to focus on negatives, magnifying flaws that they would not be sensitive to were they reading the article in print.
5. A retrospective survey of past actions, events, etc.; a looking back; (also) the action of doing this.Now frequently with implication of summarizing, reporting, or evaluating, and hence merging with sense 3.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [noun] > instance of > survey
review1611
revision1619
retrospect1626
retrospection1661
recherche du temps perdu1932
1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happinesse 119 Euery solemne reuiew of his time of darknes..makes the wound of his remorse to bleed afresh.
1673 Remarques Humours Town 20 The reviews of their own vertuous actions may give them content.
1773 S. Johnson Let. 27 Apr. (1992) II. 28 I have lived a life of which I do not like the review.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 184 Mem'ry's pointing wand, That calls the past to our exact review.
1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 75 Is the pleasure that is tasted Patient of a long review?
1882 A. S. P. Pattison Developm. Kant to Hegel ii. 121 The man..who can say, on an honest review of his actions, that his repentance has stood proof.
1908 J. W. Harding Paid in Full xxvi. 328 His thoughts took the shape of a review of his life. He had never been any good to himself or anybody else.
1996 Federal News Service (Nexis) 1 May I have tried to be innovative, constructive and dedicated. The review of my years of service attest to that.
6. Law. Reconsideration or revision of a judgment, sentence, etc., by a higher court or authority; an instance of this.Cf. judicial review n. at judicial adj. and n. Compounds.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [noun] > review
reviewing1573
review1615
judicial review1771
1615 J. Davies Le Primer Report des Cases en Ireland Pref. sig. *6v Wee haue not so many Appeales, nor so many reuiewes of causes, as the Ciuill & Canon lawes do admitt.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iii. 34 To render final Justice, that is, to receive the last appeales of his own Subjects, without fear of any review from Rome.
1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 79 The Decisions of this Court can never be brought under a second Review.
1706 Act 6 Anne c. 11 §12 All reviews, reductions or suspensions of the sentences in maritime cases.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 11 Their sentence is final, decisive, irrevocable: no appeal, no correction, not even a review can be had.
1807 Act 48 Geo. III c. 151 §16 To submit the said Interlocutor..to the Review of the Division to which the said Lord Ordinary belongs.
1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §70 The decision of the magistrate shall be final, and not subject to review in any court.
1864 J. N. Pomeroy Introd. Munic. Law §283 There is ample provision made for a review..of the rulings of law made by the judge at the trial.
1944 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Jan. 17/7 (heading) Rackmen decision refused review.
1987 Times (Nexis) 9 Apr. The review upheld the appeal.
2005 N. Laird Utterly Monkey 35 My death row case in Jamaica is up for review by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
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a. An account or critical appraisal of a book or (now also) a play, film, concert, etc.In early quots. spec. a special pamphlet published for the purpose of criticizing the work of another author; (in later use usually) an article, typically in a periodical or newspaper, in which a new or recent book or other artistic production is described, analysed, and recommended (or otherwise) to the reader, viewer, etc.book, novel review, etc.: see the first element. See also rave review at rave n.3 Compounds.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > article > review
review1649
review article1807
notice1835
press notice1852
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > review or critique > [noun]
criticism1608
hypercritic1619
critique1647
review1649
review article1807
notice1835
appreciation1856
crit1908
1649 R. Baillie (title) A review of Doctor Bramble..his faire warning.
1713 H. Bedford Let. 1 Jan. in T. Herane Remarks & Coll. (1898) IV. 44 When I wrote last, I had not seen wt honour yo have done me in ye Review of Leland.
1772 J. Wesley Jrnl. 11 July in Wks. (1872) III. 475 I was presented with Mr. Hill's Review... This is the third time he has fallen upon me without fear or wit.
1824 W. E. Andrews (title) Critical review of Fox's Book of Martyrs.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. iii. 32 If a review of his work was very laudatory, it was a great pleasure to him to send it home to his mother at Fairoaks.
1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer II. ii. 69 The fuller reviews, which in the Edinburgh supplanted the old meagre analysis of books.
1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill iii. 85 She had read that very morning his review of the film entitled A Sister of Sin, and had found it masterly in its analysis.
1929 M. Lief Hangover 235 The gag one of our better-known critics pulled in his review of Dillingham's new musical comedy.
1967 J. Philip et al. Best of Granta i. 18 Jazz features regularly in the record reviews.
1977 J. Lees-Milne Diary 25 Dec. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 219 I..dipped into Bruce Chatwin's Patagonia, which has had undeserved rave reviews.
2003 Independent 22 Jan. 5/2 (caption) Falling audiences and poor reviews mean that ‘Frasier’ will have the plug pulled after its eleventh series.
b. A periodical publication consisting mainly of critical articles on current and cultural events, new books, the arts, etc. Frequently in the titles of such publications.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > magazine > literary or artistic
review1705
Athenaeum1835
lit.1895
little magazine1895
little mag1907
1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. ii. 10 No matter whether false or true, Take pattern by D[e] F[oe]'s Review.
a1721 M. Prior Daphne & Apollo in Misc. Wks. (1740) I. 35 So do your Brother Quacks and Brother Beaus. Memorials only, and Reviews, write Prose.
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 Pref. vi Endeavouring to be as extensively useful as possible, we aimed at uniting the plan of the Magazines with that of the Reviews.
1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 66 The ‘Monthly Review’..notices the book with civil Non-conformistical dullness.
1865 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 169/1 There were no reviews in which he might either suggest his own improvements or be censured for his plagiarisms.
1903 H. James Ambassadors ii. iv. 48 Woollett has a Review—which Mrs. Newsome..pays for, and which I..edit.
1988 G. Boddy Katherine Mansfield i. 47 Murry and Lawrence planned a new review to be called the Signature.
2003 Independent 29 Mar. (Mag.) 12/4 In 1991, he ‘cheeked’ his way into an assistant editorship at the London Review of Books.
c. A critical appraisal of a product, service, etc., intended for the guidance of consumers.
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1914 Amer. Fertilizer Hand Bk. 13/2 The industry gives promise of a number of developments during 1914, particulars of which appear in our review of the product.
1926 Times 27 Apr. 22/2 New and enlarged editions of ‘Cars of Today’, containing 94 complete car reviews.
1964 Billboard 9 May 40 Special capsule programs:... Spanish language series,..dance lessons, restaurant reviews.
1984 Which Micro? Dec. 98 (advt.) Comparisons, bench tests, reviews and answers to all your questions.
2001 Which? Dec. 2/1 There's plenty of other money-saving advice this month. Take our review of prepay mobile phones and tariffs, for example.
8. Education (now North American). The action or process of revising material already studied or learnt; an instance of this; = revision n. 3. Frequently attributive.
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society > education > learning > study > [noun] > revision
revising1611
review1820
revision1838
1820 J. Emerson in S. Whelpley Compend Hist. (ed. 9) Pref. 6 Let the exercises at the end of each week be a review.
1850 I. Mayhew Pop. Educ. 435 This question..constituted a part of their review lesson.
1866 W. B. Fowle Teacher's Inst. (1867) 26 The teacher must be careful not to rely upon such a spelling lesson, except for review.
1918 Documents School Comm. City of Boston for Year 1917 102 Pupils have been continually reminded by their teachers that they must keep up in their work, otherwise they would be obliged to attend the summer review sessions.
1990 L. L. Exley & V. K. Smith Intermediate Algebra 2 We discuss several topics that should be a review of previous work.
2002 Amer. Educ. Res. Jrnl. 39 466 Assess students' learning at the conclusion of the unit..through questions included in a final review lesson.
9. Originally and chiefly U.S. = revue n. 1a.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > revue
passing show1715
revue1840
follies1874
review1897
revusical1915
Living Newspaper1925
Revudeville1932
1897 Times-Democrat (Lima, Ohio) 13 Dec. The rare conceits in ‘The Whirl of the Town’, the New York Casino's big theatrical review which will be the attraction Wednesday night.
1915 Boston Globe 21 Feb. 42/2 The three-day headliner at Loew's Globe Theatre will be the comedienne Kitty Francis, and her group of stunning show girls in the musical review ‘Mrs O'Malley's Reception’.
1972 B. Gill Tallulah xiii. 83 She agreed to star in a review called The Ziegfeld Follies.
2001 Messenger-News Rev. (Austral.) (Nexis) 29 Aug. 35 They put on a review and invited me to take part, so I came down and recited The Man From Snowy River.
II. A repeated view, and related senses.
10. † b. The fact of seeing a place or person again. Obsolete. rare.
a. A second or further view.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > second or repeated
review1631
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman sig. Gg2 In a word, shall wee take a re-view of her Noble carriage in each of our Obseruances?
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 165 Abbas..having in that sort satisfied his passion, returned..to take a re-view of his cruel execution.
1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 37 That which at first blush seems alive, is in truth dead; and that again which appears as dead, at a nearer review proves to be alive.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Ep. Ded. 7 Returning in a very few Hours to take a Review, they were all torn down, and fresh ones in their Places.
1705 F. Atterbury Serm. St. James's Chapel 21 The Works of Nature will bear a Thousand Views and Reviews, and will still appear new to us.
1743 J. Seed Disc. Several Important Subj. I. iii. 52 The generality of Men are like the generality of Books, which we may often be obliged to..consult, upon particular Occasions, but will not bear several Views and Reviews.
a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xiv. 272 Every bitter feeling was rendered more severe by the review of objects on which she had first looked under impressions so different. View more context for this quotation
1880 N.Y. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 6 660 He should..take a final re-view of the recipe to assure himself that he has made no error in the quantities.
1920 School Sci. & Math. 20 218 To prepare for and explain this re-view (not review but re-view) of America's history.
1999 R. Bradbury October Country Introd. p. x I did not encounter the Hunchback again until I was seventeen, when some unholy friends took me to a theatre in Hollywood for a late-on-in-life re-view.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > again
revisitation1549
review1652
revision1796
1652 J. Wright in tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox vi. 127 As the weary Pilgrim after a tedious travell rejoyceth at the review of his Native Soil.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed ii. viii. 211 Our fellows..found us at Carboran,..where you may imagine the joy this review diffused through all of us [Fr. où vous pouuez penser la ioye que nous receûmes tous de nous reuoir rassemblez].
11. A facility for winding back a cassette while playing the video or audio in reverse so that the tape can be stopped when a desired point is reached. Cf. cue and review at cue n.2 1d.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > playback equipment > specific facility
fast forward1947
edit1953
pause button1957
pause control1957
freeze-frame1961
pause1965
review1969
slo-mo1969
auto-fade1977
cue1978
1969 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 3 Dec. 4 g/1 (advt.) The new Sony 70 portable AC/DC cassette-corder with back-space review.
1973 Pop. Mech. Apr. 80/2 (caption) Special controls include ‘Review’ on Wollensak, an instant rewind that lets you rewind words you've just missed in play.
1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. a18/5 (advt.) Features automatic tape shut-off, cue and review keys, [etc.].
1984 Listener 3 May 20/2 (advt.) The 615 VHS video has..picture search functions like cue, review, freeze frame.
1996 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 30 Dec. 61 The Panasonic RN-202..has..cue, review and pause controls.
Phrases
P1.
a. to make (also take) (a) review: to make an inspection of troops, etc., esp. in order to assess their number or fitness for battle. Now chiefly historical.
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1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 410 (MED) Hys said cousin..shold make a revewe of þoo of his retenue þat he had moustred.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. ii We made..reuiewe of the gentlemen, souldiers and other of our company.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxix. xiiii. 372 The Roman Generall..taking a review and muster of his souldiors.
1683 London Gaz. No. 1839/3 On Thursday last his Most Christian Majesty took a Review of the Cavalry.
1705 London Gaz. No. 4139/5 The King..took a Review of the Forces.
1844 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. iv. 156 Cortes now took a review of his army,—if so paltry a force may be called an army.
1998 T. Rood Thucydides 171 They went out..and made a review of their army (Hermokrates and the other generals had just taken over the command).
b. to march in review: (of troops, soldiers, etc.) to march by in formal order for the purpose of display or inspection; = to pass in review at pass v. 16.
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1769 T. Nevile Imit. Juvenal 70 She sees him now in Sash and Solitaire March in Review.
1891 Light Artillery Drill Regulations (U.S. Army) 239 The trumpeters, except when marching in review, are near the captain and in his rear.
1934 Times 2 Apr. 9 The new police marched in review before the Catalan President.
2006 Monterey (Calif.) County Herald (Nexis) 1 July Enough troops turned out in camouflage battle dress uniforms to form a color guard, but no units marched in review.
P2. Law.
a.
bill of review n. a bill brought to obtain examination and reversal of a decision made on an earlier bill.
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society > law > [noun] > bill > general types of
overture1561
bill of review1623
transmiss1764
personal bill1844
remanet1845
private member's bill1872
counter-bill1880
Bill of Rights1892
proposition1911
1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. 38 No Decree shal be reuersed, altered, or explained, being once vnder the Great seale, but vpon Bill of Reuiewe.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 454 A bill of review may be had upon apparent error in judgment, appearing on the face of the decree; or, by special leave of the court.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 508 Upon a bill of review brought between 30 and 40 years after the decree pronounced.
1838 J. Story Comm. Equity Pleadings 15 A Bill of Review, which is brought to examine and reverse a decree made upon a former Bill, which has been duly enrolled, and thereby become a record of the Court.
1958 Virginia Law Rev. 44 1380 The bill of review is an ancient device of equity pleading to obtain reconsideration of a final decree.
2004 Houston (Texas) Press (Nexis) 7 Oct. A bill of review..allows the judge to reopen a closed case to hear new information.
b.
commission of review n. now rare an extraordinary judicial commission having the power to review decisions and judgments made by a lower body or court; (also) permission to appeal to this; cf. court of review n. at Phrases 2c.
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a1633 E. Coke Inst. Lawes Eng. (1648) iv. lxxiv. 341 Upon a sentence given by the High Commissioners, a Commission of Review may be granted to and for the party grieved.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 67 A Commission of review is a commission sometimes granted, in extraordinary cases, to revise the sentence of the court of delegates; when it is apprehended they have been led into a material error.
1857 Times 21 Dec. 8 In 1851 a commission of review was granted, and that Court gave a strong decision in her favour.
2004 Church Times 25 June 3/1 At present, appeal in such cases would be to a Commission of Review consisting of three Lords of Appeal..and two Lords Spiritual.
c.
court of review n. a court before which decisions, judgments, sentences, etc., made in lower courts come for review and possible revision.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of appeal or review
court of review1678
Court of Appeal1849
appeal court1872
1678 J. Godolphin Repertorium Canonicum xi. 94 The Court of Review, or Ad Revidendum.
1785 Scots Mag. June 287/1 I could see some meaning in diminishing the Court of Review, and letting only the ten senior judges..sit.
1831 Act 1 & 2 Will. IV c. 56 §2 The said Judges or any Three of them shall..form a Court of Review,..and shall have Superintendance and Controul in all Matters of Bankruptcy.
1921 Virginia Law Reg. 7 605 On appeal in an equitable action to cancel deeds conveying land, the Supreme Court sits as a court of review.
1995 Chicago Daily Law Bull. (Nexis) 1 Sept. 6 The court of review pointed out that construing the act to exclude all unmarried persons from petitioning to adopt does not give prime consideration to the best interests of the person to be adopted.
P3.
house of review n. now chiefly Australian a parliamentary chamber which reviews, and has the power to revoke, decisions made by a lower chamber.
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1860 National Rev. July 949 In other words, they would be at once prevented from performing the specific function of a House of Review.
1897 Official Rev. Deb. Australasian Federal Convent. 2nd Session 15 Sept. 606 The second chamber is, and ought to be, a house of review, of reasonable delay. It ought to have power to stand in the way.
1923 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 5 134 South Africa has problems fully as grave as those of the other Dominions before it, and as much need for careful revision of its legislation, but it shows no inclination to substitute for a ‘House of Review’ a House which can destroy the Bills of the Lower Chamber.
1991 Statute Law Rev. Autumn 88 That the Senate, the house of review, should look at the important ‘points of form’ that the lower house often overlooked.
2009 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 31 Aug. 10 It preferred to use the Senate majority it gained in the 2004 election to push through legislation that owed more to a desire to placate interest groups than to careful scrutiny by the house of review.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. In sense 1, as review day, review order, etc.
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1732 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 12 Feb. 1/3 All the pretty Fellows who are distinguish'd under the Titles of the Smarts and the Dappers, shall wear Patches upon Review-Days.
1781 R. F. Greville Diary 4 Aug. (1930) 9 We came on Ashford Common where the Blues were drawn up in Review Order.
1855 Times 7 Oct. 13/4 Except on the review day the British surgeons have had no meat for three weeks, and often no bread.
1946 Billboard 8 June 97 During the afternoon, a patriotic ceremony and formal review parade by the Boys' Brigade of America was held.
1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xx. 237 The whole regiment drawn up in review order.
2007 L. A. Rose Power at Sea iv. 157 Review days were always declared local public holidays, and spectators arrived at the harbor early in the morning.
b. In sense 7, as review employment, review person, review reader, review section, review space, etc.
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1781 W. Cowper Let. 17 Dec. (1979) I. 562 I would not appear a dunce in matters that every Review-reader must needs be apprized of.
1807 R. Southey Lett. (1850) III. 115 I will seek more review employment,..and scribble verses for the newspapers.
1821 Ld. Byron Let. 30 July (1978) VIII. 3/2 Your review people have no more right to kill than any other foot pads.
1841 E. FitzGerald Let. 25 May (1980) II. 584 Donne overworks his Brains with Review-work.
1863 Museum 2 234 This work having reached us after our review space in the present Number was exhausted.
1906 A. Bennett Let. 27 Feb. (1966) 69 I sent him a list of review-quotes but I have seen no result.
1907 F. M. Ford Let. ?Sept. (1965) 26 I had proposed to run to a column a week at, say, your ordinary review rates.
1920 Psychol. Bull. 17 435 Critical reviews of books will also be published in the review section of the Bulletin.
1964 Billboard 24 Oct. 60/5 Record manufacturers aren't too good about sending review records.
2007 F. Goldsmith Graphic Novels Now iii. 32 Only by becoming familiar with how a particular reviewer perceives the differences..can a review reader come to trust..such descriptions.
c. With sense ‘concerned with survey, assessment, or examination of a thing’, as review board, review body, review process, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [adjective]
review1882
1882 Appropriations, New Offices (U.S. House of Representatives) Misc. Doc. No. 58 35 Thirty-five principal examiners for review board at $2000 each.
1897 T. D. Raikes Sicut Columbae vii. 148 The review report was afterwards sent back to the form master, with the Warden's observations appended.
1952 Billboard 26 Apr. 79/4 A special review panel at NPA screens the applications.
1965 New Statesman 19 Mar. 430/1 Only on one point does he reject the BMA case—he insists that the Review Body must work out the new pay-levels.
1971 D. Bagley Freedom Trap ii. 53 ‘If you weren't so stupid you could get yourself out of this jam.’ ‘Out of this nick?’ ‘I'm afraid not... But the Review Board would look upon you very kindly if you co-operated with us.’
2002 Making Property Work (Land Securities plc) Mar. 46/2 Salary is reviewed annually and the review process includes using..reports from..consultants.
d. With first element in plural form. Of or designating a part of a publication which is devoted to reviews, as reviews column, reviews editor, reviews section, etc.
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1895 Jrnl. Canad. Bankers' Assoc. June 531 The Committee direct attention specially to the note which now accompanies the heading of the ‘Reviews’ column.
1929 Mod. Foreign Lang. Stud. 12 377 A brief sketch of some of the reports of these and others investigators will be found in the ‘Reviews’ section of this number of Hispania.
1945 Jrnl. Philos. 42 252 Reviews Editor, Helmut Hungerland.
1978 Cincinnati Mag. July 8/2 I would like to take exception to the comments about the SCPA in the Reviews column in the May issue.
1988 J. Gregory & S. Miller in A. Wilson Handbk. Sci. Comm. (1999) i. iii. 60 If you think a book really is nothing more than a waste of trees, tell the reviews editor.
2001 Independent (Nexis) 10 Feb. (Features section) 8 One Christmas, the Sounds reviews desk moved me up a gear. A photographer and I were sent to Valencia to review the annual rock festival.
C2.
review article n. an article that is a review; esp. a paper in a journal that summarizes recent literature on or developments in a particular subject.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > article > review
review1649
review article1807
notice1835
press notice1852
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > review or critique > [noun]
criticism1608
hypercritic1619
critique1647
review1649
review article1807
notice1835
appreciation1856
crit1908
1807 European Mag. 51 129/2 To analyze a work of this nature within the compass of a review article..is impossible.
1965 New Statesman 19 Mar. 455/1 Judgments of this kind are proper to the review-article of modern length.
2007 D. S. Wilson Evol. for Everyone xv. 111 The benefits and costs of introversion are explored in a comprehensive review article by psychologists Elaine and Arthur Aron.
review book (a) a book sent out for review; = review copy n. (b) North American a book intended to give an overview of a subject, spec. a textbook used to revise a course.
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society > communication > book > copy > [noun] > other types of copy
fine paper copy1789
review book1796
advance copy1837
reading copy1847
manifold1852
review copy1859
press copy1891
working copy1897
file copy1899
binding copy1936
desk copy1942
ideal copy1949
1796 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 292 I thought it advisable to get some review-books off my hands first.
1873 Wisconsin Jrnl. Educ. Nov. 451 The chart, copy-books and review book are published by Adams, Blackmer, Lyon & Co., Chicago.
1894 Antiquary 29 273 The writer of this short notice... can truthfully say that he has never read a review-book..with greater interest.
1913 Bk. Rev. Digest 562 It will suffice excellently as a ‘review book’ for the reader who would like to get his impressions straightened out so that he may tuck the whole subject away, neatly and unobtrusively, in a corner of his mind.
1983 InfoWorld (Nexis) 12 Sept. 51 English SAT 1 or U.S. Constitution Tutor do not show any outstanding improvement over a review book, and in some instances a review book would appear to be a more efficient learning tool.
2004 D. Poynter Self-publishing Man. (rev. ed.) vii. 191 The rubber stamping will not stop the sale of a review book.
review copy n. a copy of a new book sent for review to a journal, writer, etc.
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society > communication > book > copy > [noun] > other types of copy
fine paper copy1789
review book1796
advance copy1837
reading copy1847
manifold1852
review copy1859
press copy1891
working copy1897
file copy1899
binding copy1936
desk copy1942
ideal copy1949
1859 North Wales Chron. 11 June 2/1 The library of a very active literary man who has done a great deal of reviewing in his time, and who has added, by purchase, to the ‘review copies’ which he has preserved.
1903 G. B. Shaw Let. 15 July (1972) II. 338 To whom do you propose to send review copies?
1976 Guardian 17 Apr. 11/6 Scarcely a day goes by without review copies reaching this office of books..on growing potato crops on the windowsills of Chelsea.
2000 Sci. Fiction Chron. Aug. 24/1 No advertising, no ‘tour’ for the author, and a minimum of review copies sent out.
review page n. a page dedicated to a review or reviews; (in plural) the review section of a newspaper, magazine, etc.
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1807 European Mag. 51 364/2 To follow our Author would, within the compass of this article, were we to dedicate the whole of our review pages to it, be impossible.
1933 F. R. Leavis & A. D. H. Thompson Culture & Environment 44 Examine the review pages of a Sunday newspaper.
1984 Billboard 17 Nov. 10 Label and record number information..on the review page.
2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Apr. 56/3 [He] was swift to clear ‘lit. crit’ academics off the review pages and replace them with novelists and poets.
reviews page n. = review page n.
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1979 F. Mulhern Moment of ‘Scrutiny’ ii. iv. 146 The amount of space given to ‘proletarian’ or otherwise ‘progressive’ fiction in the reviews pages of the journal.
2008 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 19 Nov. 2 See the reviews page for our verdict.
review writing n. the writing of reviews for newspapers, journals, etc., esp. as an occupation or profession.
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1809 Anti-Jacobin July 307 They have given a new character to review writing, and..the world is but little disposed to pardon any aberration from established customs.
1811 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 316 That business of Review-writing.
1922 Texas State Jrnl. Med. 17 321 After nearly thirty years of review writing we could heartily assent to our friend's sentiment.
2009 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Neighbor section) 1 Students competed in such events as..newspaper design, copy editing, review writing, sports writing..and feature writing.
Derivatives
reˈviewlike adv. and adj.
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1846 Ecclesiastic 1 332 We have no intention of seriously reviewing the list of books which we have written out above... But... it looks respectable and Review-like to see those nice little Arabic numbers.
1855 W. Bagehot Coll. Wks. (1965) I. 312 The review-like essay and the essay-like review fill a large space.
1991 Jrnl. Parasitology 77 922/2 Some [papers] provide actual data whereas others are more reviewlike in nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
reviewv.
/rᵻˈvjuː/, U.S. /rəˈvju/, /riˈvju/ 1. transitive. Law. To subject (a decree, act, judgment, etc.) to examination or revision, esp. by a higher court or authority.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [verb (transitive)] > review
review1573
1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 250 Sir James Balfour of Pettindreycht knight desyrit the decreit gevin be thame aganis him..to be revewit according to the Act of Pacificatioun.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 120 All my decrees have ben reviewed: yea, all my orders and peticions.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 379 Nor want they Lots, nor Judges to review The wrongful Sentence.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lx. 278 That parliament may review the acts of ministers is unquestionable.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xii. 77 The order may be reviewed or may be appealed from.
1892 Law Times Rep. 67 211/1 The court, on appeal, can review the exercise of his discretion by the County Court Judge.
1935 Amer. Econ. Rev. 25 253 The Supreme Court's refusal to review the case.
1958 Times 6 Sept. 8/6 The D.O...may still..tour his District, and still review cases in the Native Courts.
2005 Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 18/8 A court's decision to clear a man of sexual assault charges..is to be reviewed.
2. transitive. To make a ceremonial or formal inspection of (troops, etc.); to hold a review of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > inspect people
review1574
reconnoitre1742
1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1212 To muster or reuewe men of warre.
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. ii. 195 Bajazet the same day review'd the whole Army [Fr. Bajazet fit le iour mesme la reueuë de tous les corps].
1713 London Gaz. No. 5106/3 The Lords..have Review'd the greater Part of the Out-Pensioners.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Order Order of battel, is the placing the battalions..in order to engage the enemy, or to be reviewed by the general.
1828 T. Campbell Lines Departure Emigrants 73 Hosts review'd in dazzling files and squares.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lii. 90 He charged the boy to run off and bring his schoolmates to be marshalled before their new master, and solemnly reviewed.
1889 Infantry Drill 443 When troops are reviewed in line of quarter columns, the brigadier only will accompany the reviewing general.
1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 1 General Miles remounted his horse and reviewed the parade as if it were an everyday occurrence.
1994 Amer. Spectator Nov. 9/1 In Tripoli, he reviewed a military parade in a short-sleeved uniform.
3. † b. transitive. To see or behold again. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To view or inspect a second or further time.Often in contrast with view. Now usually pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, and written re-view: cf. review n. 10.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > re-examination > re-examine [verb (transitive)]
revisit1525
review1576
re-examine1593
resurvey1609
rehearse1700
reinspect1777
reinvestigate1802
to go back of1824
re-run1859
revet1940
recheck1962
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. To Rdr. sig. ¶vv To such a one I giue counsel..to view & reuiew..such weapons as he shall finde in this our Panoplie.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 24 No heade did he [sc. Otho] view and reuiew so insatiably.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) Epigrammi Satiron 28 Many hundred..eyes View, and review, each line, each word, as spies.
1625 R. Withers tr. O. Bon Grand Signors Seraglio xi, in S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. 1606 These Slaues are bought and sold, as Beasts and Cattle are; they being viewed and reuiewed.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. i. 2 How they view'd and re-view'd us as we passed over the rivulet.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 236 [They] were on the battlements again, viewing and reviewing the state of their preparations.
1844 Yale Lit. Mag. Feb. 182 Like a lazy heir, we have received our patrimony, and are set down..to count and re-count, to view and re-view the golden inheritance.
1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona xxvi. 372 Its [sc. England's] eagerness to race through a beloved land..and view or re-view historic spots of loveliness.
1992 J. Staiger Interpreting Films v. 101 You can bring to mind not only the images but also your feelings as the American populace viewed and re-viewed them.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold > see or look again
revise1563
review1591
re-see1605
retrace1726
reobserve1857
1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. C3 Twice will I not review the Mornings rise, Till I haue torne that Trophei from thy back.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. iv. 842 Long it was before his longing could be satisfied to reuiew his Countrey and friends.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 311 My Choice would lead me to the Trojan Shore, Those Reliques to review, their Dust adore.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 347 Would'st thou soon review thy native plain?
1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) i. 19 Where, anxious to review his native shore, He on the roaring wave embark'd once more.
1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 4 Upon reviewing a place after an absence of some time, the several actions which formerly have passed there are wont to occur to the mind.
4. † b. transitive. To re-examine (literal and figurative); to reconsider. Obsolete (in later use merging with sense 5a).
a. transitive. To look over or through (a document, book, etc.) in order to correct or improve it; to revise.In quot. 1622 intransitive, with object implied.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > revise or review
review1585
revise1749
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > review or revise
revise1545
review1585
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (intransitive)] > revise critically
review1585
revise1749
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > revise critically
renewa1456
peruse?1520
recognize1537
revise1545
recognosce1563
review1585
recense1716
1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie Pref. f. 20 First, the whole booke hath bene reuewed, and both amplified and bettered.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1274 Dionysius had put into his hands a tragedy of his owne making, commanding him to review [Fr. reueoir] and correct the same.
1622 W. Jaggard in A. Vincent Discov. Errours Catal. Nobility sig. ¶6v He viewed, reuiewed, directed, corrected, or whatsoeuer els.
1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman i. B This is certain, they have put the Author of this booke upon it, to review it well.
1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. viii. 360 Ezra..reviewed the Copies, and amended all Errata's.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. Pref. I am now beginning to review and write over again the history of my own time.
1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. iv. xxvi. 201 You desire me to review and amend my Books, which you have very carefully Collected.
1868 Buffalo Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 8 115 I have, therefore, reviewed and corrected all parts of it [sc. a text] with scrupulous care.
1901 B. B. Warfield Printing Westm. Confess. I. 421 Two committees were appointed, the one to draw up the draft of the revised Confession, the other to review and revise the work of the first.
2000 R. J. Goldstein Amer. Aquarium Fishes p. xiii Many persons have contributed to this book, from collecting with me..to providing research papers or reviewing the manuscript.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > think again [verb (transitive)] > intending change
review1607
reconsider1622
1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue i. 31 Euery Lord of a Mannor should cause his Lands to be duly seene, and truly surueyed and certifyed, and once in seuen or tenne yeares to haue it reuiewed.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 18 Those who think 154,000 were so destroyed ought to review the grounds of their Opinion.
1743 G. Benson Reasonablenesse Christian Relig. Pref. 14 A well disposed person will frequently review the..reasons of his Faith.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1831) IV. xxvi. 43 It will behove us sedulously to employ every opportunity for nourishing and strengthening it [sc. our principle], first by often reviewing the grounds of conviction.
5.
a. transitive. To look at or over, to survey; to take a survey of (something). Now chiefly with immaterial object. Occasionally intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)]
visit1338
to take a (also the) view of1476
overreachc1540
review1588
survey1592
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (intransitive)]
inspect1703
review1716
to shop around1871
1588 A. Munday tr. Palmerin D'Oliua i. xxxi. f. 75v Lewes kept company wyth the Duchesse,..reuiewing [Fr. considerant de rechef] her beautie so perfecte and rare.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxiv. sig. E4 When thou reuewest this, thou doest reuew, The very part was consecrate to thee. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 347 After ten dayes feasting, reviewing Heidleberg, [we]..set forward.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 20 The which [parlour], after he had reviewed a little while, the Interpreter called for a man to sweep. View more context for this quotation
1716 A. Pope Epist. Jervas in J. Dryden tr. C. A. du Fresnoy Art of Painting (ed. 2) sig. A6v How oft [do we] review; each finding like a Friend Something to blame, and something to commend.
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 291 When I review his dispositions, and review his conduct, I have little hope.
1799 R. Sickelmore Agnes & Leonora I. 57 They adjourned to the stable, to review the beast that had been so mystically introduced.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 164 With his eyes seemingly cast down, he was employed in reviewing the charms of her lovely daughter.
1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. i. 28 [He] reviews the whole of the facts..before he ventures to draw any conclusions from them.
1953 K. Amis Lucky Jim xvi. 159 He decided not to review his financial position.
1997 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (new ed.) viii. 169 I stood on the turn in the staircase for some time, reviewing the options.
b. transitive. To look back upon (a period, event, etc.); to regard or survey in retrospect.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back on [verb (transitive)]
refera1398
to look back1579
review1597
retrospect1664
retrace1686
to take back1796
reverie1961
1597 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) i. ii. 7 Her heart, reuiued, skippes, Reuiewing life where reckned death had wrought repentant teares.
1665 M. Mead Solomon's Prescription 12 It is the duty of every one..to call himself to a strict account, and impartially to look into his heart, and review his life.
1779 S. Johnson Duke in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 2 Some of his compositions are such as he must have reviewed with detestation in his later days.
a1784 T. Letchworth Twelve Disc. (1787) 18 If we..review our frequent revoltings.., there is scarcely a soul present but must feel some degree of remorse.
1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone ii. 31 The past he calmly hath reviewed.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xv. 140 As from a precipice down which he might have fallen,..he reviewed the Fanny Bolton snare, now that he had escaped out of it.
a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xxix. 328 ‘I don't like his looks,’ thought Mr. Gibson to himself at night, as..he reviewed the events of the day.
1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxii. 342 Long sleepless nights, when he reviewed his foolish and fruitless career.
1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. i. 1 He reviewed the revolution which had restored his Party to power with a detachment not devoid of humour.
1954 ‘W. March’ Bad Seed v. 101 She looked back, reviewing the little girl's life..in an effort to see how she had gone wrong in training or affection.
2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Good Living section) 12 Reviewing our week of eating ethically, we noticed how European our diet had been.
c. transitive. To examine or assess (legislation, a policy, a procedure, etc.) formally or officially with the intention of instituting change if necessary.
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1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXIII. xix. iv. 142 He [sc. the king] reviewed the laws, and made in them such alterations as he thought absolutely necessary, without going farther.
1810 Jrnl. 21st House of Representatives Pennsylvania 77 The board have carefully reviewed the existing health law, and have likewise attended to the operations of its provisions... There are several very great defects in the law as it now stands, all of which we believe may be removed by the Legislature.
1899 Times 6 Sept. 9/6 He thinks the publication of the reports of the Royal Commission will cause all temperance bodies to review their policies.
1899 Message Governor Hazen S. Pingree 40th Legislature Michigan 42 It proceeded to create commissions authorized to review the rents of Irish lands and fix them at a figure that would enable the people to live.
1910 W. Lee-Warner Native States India iv. 106 The universal outcry compelled statesmen to review their policies and amend their worn-out phrases.
1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 87 92 Instructions to both operator and estimator were reviewed.
1991 Brit. Jrnl. Criminol. 21 348 After six hours the detention is reviewed at intervals of no more than nine hours until twenty-four hours have elapsed, after which a superintendent has to give authorization for detention to continue.
2001 Brit. Educ. Res. Jrnl. 27 255 Over this period, however, many establishments reviewed their policies at GCSE, partly in response to the publication of results in league tables.
d. transitive. To give a general report or review of (a subject, etc.); to summarize or evaluate.
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1833 A. S. Doane tr. G. Dupuytren Clin. Lect. Surg. xvii. 229 It is by reviewing the clinical lectures of the celebrated surgeon-in-chief... that we can form an exact idea of his numerous contributions to modern surgery.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 461 We must cursorily review the fortunes of Protestantism during the reign of Elizabeth.
1884 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 Aug. 136/2 The writer then minutely reviewed the literature on the subject of Rhinolithiasis.
1950 Building Sci. Abstr. 23 358 This report..reviews the advantages and disadvantages of the process.
1971 Nature New Biol. 16 June 195/1 Professor P. F. Wareing..reviewed the environmental and hormonal factors controlling seed dormancy.
2001 B. Riemschneider & U. Grosenick Art Now 6 Our purpose is solely to review recent and current developments that have been showcased in galleries.
e. transitive. To subject (a person or piece of work) to peer review; = peer review v.
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1975 Nature 4 Dec. 382/1 Most of the rest are reviewed by a panel only, frequently with the applicant along to discuss his proposals, while a few are not peer-reviewed at all.
1998 Peer Rev. in Environmental Technol. Devel. Programs (U.S. Dept. Energy) ii. 31 In the committee's interim report, the peer review process was defined by the following five general steps: 1. selection of proposals, projects or programs to be reviewed, [etc.].
2004 D. Shatz Peer Rev. ii. 36 Referees are expected to provide objective evaluations of the works they review.
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a. transitive. To write a critical appraisal of (a book or, in later use, a play, film, etc.), typically for publication in a newspaper or magazine; to appraise (a writer, artist, or the like) in this way. Also in extended use: to assess, appraise critically (a service, product) for the information of consumers.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > review or critique > review [verb (transitive)]
review1705
critique1752
notice1831
rewatch1841
censor1882
1705 W. E. Florilegus i. 5 It is my purpose to deal very fairly with the Author of this Book, which I am to Review in this First Part of my Commentary.
1782 W. Cowper Let. 1 Apr. (1981) II. 44 I am reviewed, and my book forwarded in its progress by a judicious recommendation.
1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 549 See honest Hallam..Resume his pen, review his Lordship's work.
1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly II. iv. iv. 232 By the way, when we come by-and-by to review the exhibition at Burlington House, there is one painter whom we must try our best to crush.
1892 A. Dobson 18th Cent. Vignettes 59 He drew up the ‘Proposals’ for a complete edition of her works, and he reviewed her repeatedly.
1936 G. Greene in Spectator 5 June 1036/2 In the last eleven months I have reviewed 124 films, of which only 13 conveyed any kind of aesthetic experience.
1968 N.Y. Mag. 29 Apr. 6 The address of The Estonian House restaurant, reviewed in the issue of April 15, was incorrectly listed.
1986 InfoWorld 8 Jan. 50 Our product is not for every computer user, and to review the product from that point of view is just not fair.
2008 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Oct. (Review section) 6 Having your work occasionally rejected—or poorly reviewed—is not a bad thing for a writer.
b. intransitive. To write reviews; to follow the occupation of a reviewer.
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1817 Ld. Byron Epist. from Murray to Polidori 47 Ah, Sir, if you Had but the Genius to review!
1863 E. H. Noel tr. J. P. F. Richter Flower, Fruit, & Thorn Pieces (1868) II. ix. 33 ‘Wife,’ said he, ‘I am reviewing for money!’
1914 Forum May 783 The main function of a reviewer is to review, not to travesty.
1997 Scotsman (Nexis) 22 Mar. 13 Bitter hacks who reviewed for a living and dreamed of emulating James Joyce.
7. transitive. Education (now North American). To revise or go over (material already studied or learnt); = revise v. 2a. Later also intransitive.
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society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > study again or revise
restudy1735
review1741
revise1866
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. vi. 101 The Learner..should always recollect and review his Lectures, read over some other Author..upon the same Subject.
?1750 S. Butler Ess. upon Educ. 90 A Lad may endeavour to become acquainted with the Language. Let every Word be explained that he doth not understand... After this, he may review the Lesson.
1807 G. Blackburn Let. 14 Dec. in Panoplist (1808) Feb. 417/1 See the little creatures sitting neatly dressed in homespun cotton..frequently reviewing their lessons in order to be ready.
1877 M. T. P. Mann Guide to Kindergarten 96 In reviewing the lesson the next day, all these words can be written in their manuscript books, with a lead-pencil.
1937 G. Okerlund & E. Vinson Review Exercises Eng. 11 Review the following words from the preceding lists until you can pronounce them without hesitation.
1943 L. Wilder Happy Golden Years xviii. 151 I have no time to review and study. If I pass, I have to do it on what I know now.
1995 W. H. Armstrong Study is Hard Work xiv. 136 Review by reorganizing your course material. Where possible, reduce the subject matter to easily remembered divisions.
2009 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 22 Mar. 1 a She spent her spring break reviewing her lessons and practicing English with her younger brothers and sisters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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