review

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noun

1 considering sth again

ADJECTIVE

▪ careful, complete, comprehensive, detailed, extensive, full, full-scale (esp. BrE), fundamental (esp. BrE), in-depth, major, overall, systematic, thorough, wide-ranging

▪ brief, quick, rapid, short

▪ urgent (esp. BrE)

▪ annual, periodic, regular

▪

the government's annual policy review

▪ constant, continuous

▪ critical

▪

The first chapter presents a critical review of the existing nursery education system.

▪ government, independent, internal, judicial

▪ peer

▪

All papers submitted to the journal undergo a process of peer review.

▪ literature

▪ financial, performance, policy, rent (BrE)

▪ pay (esp. BrE), salary

VERB + REVIEW

▪ ask for, call for, seek

▪

Greenpeace will seek a judicial review if a full public investigation is not held.

▪ announce (esp. BrE), order

▪ carry out (esp. BrE), complete, conduct, do, hold, perform, undertake

▪ present, provide

REVIEW + VERB

▪ take place

▪ cover sth, deal with sth

▪ conclude sth, indicate sth, propose sth, recommend sth, suggest sth

REVIEW + NOUN

▪ board, body (esp. BrE), committee, group

▪ process

PREPOSITION

▪ under review

▪

The matter is still under review.

▪ up for review

▪

These rules will soon be up for review.

▪

The rent is up for review.

▪ review by

▪

a review by the court

2 report on a film/movie, restaurant, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ enthusiastic, excellent, favourable/favorable, glowing, good, positive, rave, wonderful

▪ bad, hostile, negative, poor, scathing

▪

The show has good audience figures despite poor reviews in the press.

▪ critical

▪ mixed

▪

The book received mixed reviews.

▪ book, film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE)

VERB + REVIEW

▪ do, write

▪

I'm doing a review for the local paper.

▪ give sth

▪ get, have, receive, win

▪ post, publish

▪ open to

▪

Their new musical opened to glowing reviews.

▪ read, see

▪

Did you see the review in ‘Phase’?

REVIEW + VERB

▪ appear

▪

His review appeared in yesterday's paper.

REVIEW + NOUN

▪ copy

▪ article

3 (AmE) studying

VERB + REVIEW

▪ do

REVIEW + NOUN

▪ class, session

▪ materials

▪ question

PREPOSITION

▪ review for

▪

we need to do the review for the test tomorrow.

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verb

1 examine sth again

ADVERB

▪ comprehensively, fully, thoroughly

▪ extensively, widely

▪ carefully

▪ briefly

▪ urgently (esp. BrE)

▪

Safety procedures are being urgently reviewed after a chemical leak at the factory.

▪ currently

▪

We are currently reviewing the situation.

▪ constantly, regularly

▪ annually, periodically

▪

This figure will be reviewed periodically in the light of inflation.

▪ critically

▪

Pull out your budget and critically review each line on it.

VERB + REVIEW

▪ agree to, promise to

▪ ask sb to

▪ decline to, refuse to

PREPOSITION

▪ for (AmE)

▪

Jonas helped me review for the test.

PHRASES

▪ review sth in the light of sth

▪

This case should be reviewed in the light of the new evidence.

2 write a report of a book, film/movie, etc.

ADVERB

▪ favourably/favorably

▪

The movie has been favourably/favorably reviewed on various websites.

▪ critically

Review is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑article, ↑panel, ↑pathologist

Review is used with these nouns as the object: ↑application, ↑article, ↑basics, ↑book, ↑case, ↑claim, ↑decision, ↑document, ↑draft, ↑edition, ↑evidence, ↑file, ↑information, ↑manuscript, ↑movie, ↑novel, ↑plan, ↑play, ↑procedure, ↑progress, ↑proposal, ↑prospect, ↑résumé, ↑recommendation, ↑record, ↑report, ↑request, ↑research, ↑result, ↑sentence, ↑situation, ↑submission, ↑tape, ↑work