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Reviewed (verb) means past tense and past participle of review: looked over something carefully to check or assess it. Example: “The lawyer reviewed the contract line by line.”
verb
1
Past tense and past participle of review: looked over something carefully to check or assess it.
"The lawyer reviewed the contract line by line."
"Your application has been reviewed and approved."
"The editor reviewed every page of the manuscript before sending it to the printer."
2
Wrote or published a judgement of a book, film, product or performance.
"She reviewed the album for a music magazine."
"The restaurant has been reviewed twice this month."
"The newspaper reviewed the new play and gave it four stars."
3
chiefly North American Went back over material already learned, in order to remember it.
"We reviewed the whole term's work before the exam."
"She reviewed her vocabulary list on the bus every morning before the test."
"Before the driving test, he reviewed all the road signs he had studied."
How to use reviewed
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishLooked at something carefully to judge or check it.
When to use it
Neutral. In British English, going back over study material before an exam is revised, not reviewed; American English uses reviewed.
Memory tip
Peer-reviewed is a fixed compound describing academic work checked by other specialists before publication.
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Common pairings
peer reviewed
reviewed and approved
independently reviewed
under review
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Etymology
From Middle French reveue 'a viewing again', from revoir 'to see again'.
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What is the difference between reviewed and revised?
Reviewed means examined and judged; the thing itself is unchanged. Revised means actually altered and corrected. A manuscript can be reviewed by an editor and then revised by its author.
What does peer reviewed mean?
It means a piece of research was assessed before publication by independent experts in the same field, who judged its methods and conclusions. It is a quality check, not a guarantee that the findings are correct.
What is the meaning of reviewed?
"reviewed" (verb) means past tense and past participle of review: looked over something carefully to check or assess it.
What is another word for reviewed?
Other words for "reviewed" include examined, assessed, checked, appraised, went over, critiqued.
