reviews

nounexamination, study
nouncritique; summary
verbgo over again
verbcriticize, scrutinize

Synonyms for reviews

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Antonyms for reviews

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., "an inspection of military forces," from Middle French reveue "a reviewing, review," noun use of fem. past participle of reveeir "to see again, go to see again," from Latin revidere, from re- "again" (see re-) + videre "to see" (see vision). Sense of "process of going over again" is from 1560s; that of "a view of the past, a retrospective survey" is from c.1600. Meaning "general examination or criticism of a recent work" is first attested 1640s.

Example Sentences for reviews

Mr. Raymount had some light; he let it shine mostly in reviews, not much in the house.

The Sensation reviews them six-a-time in three or four hundred words.

As soon as my book is out here, and before any of the reviews appear.

Her admiration of the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews was great and similar.

Perhaps a literary critic, like Sainte-Beuve with shining Monday morning reviews.

For some reason inspections and reviews are frequent of late.

He dreamt of the reviews, some of which he knew were to appear on the day of publication itself.

Of course, neither the newspapers nor the reviews have any conception of the truth.

It is the idea of the monotonous uniformity with which the Reviews will eulogize me.

I had at this time a great deal to do with the operas and theatres, and often wrote the reviews.