I. ri-ˈvyü noun
Etymology: Middle English reveue, from Middle French, from feminine past participle of revoir to see again, reexamine, from Old French reveoir, from re- + veoir, veeir to see — more at view
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : a formal military inspection
b. : a military ceremony honoring a person or an event
2. : revision 1a
3. : a general survey (as of the events of a period)
4. : an act or the process of reviewing
5. : judicial reexamination (as of the proceedings of a lower tribunal by a higher)
6.
a. : a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
b. : a magazine devoted chiefly to reviews and essays
7.
a. : a retrospective view or survey (as of one's life)
b.
(1) : renewed study of material previously studied
(2) : an exercise facilitating such study
8. : revue
II. ri-ˈvyü verb
Etymology: in sense 1 of verbt., from re- + view; in other senses, from review (I)
Date: 1576
transitive verb
1. also ˈrē-ˌvyü : to view or see again
2. : to examine or study again ; especially : to reexamine judicially
3. : to look back on : take a retrospective view of
review the past
4.
a. : to go over or examine critically or deliberately
review ed the results of the study
b. : to give a critical evaluation of
review a novel
5. : to hold a review of
review troops
intransitive verb
1. : to study material again : make a review
review for a test
2. : to write reviews
• re·view·able ri-ˈvyü-ə-bəl adjective