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Narrator: Today's word is "Review" — noun, pronounced /rɪˈvjuː/, with the stress on "view".
Narrator: A review is a careful examination of something, or a written opinion about a book, film or product.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a check or a verdict.
Narrator: It comes from old French reveue, a seeing again.
Narrator: A common collocation is "under review", which describes something being checked or reconsidered.
Narrator: It differs from "preview", because a preview comes before, while a review comes after.
Narrator: In a second sense, a performance review is a meeting to assess an employee's work.
Narrator: Journalism, software, HR and retail all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a review looks again and judges.
Speaker A: Is the new film worth seeing?
Speaker B: Great REVIEWS! It comes from old French for seeing again.
Speaker A: Five stars?
Speaker B: From nearly every critic.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The policy is under review", government. "She wrote a glowing review", a restaurant. "My annual review is next week", work.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse review with "revue", a light theatre show.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Critique is its cousin, assessment its twin, and evaluation an alternative — yet review keeps its thoughtful charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "review" in AI prompts — useful for code quality and customer feedback.
Speaker A: How for code?
Speaker B: Find issues.
Prompt: Review this pull request for bugs, security risks and unclear names.
Speaker A: And feedback?
Speaker B: Find themes.
Prompt: Summarise these customer reviews into strengths, complaints and suggestions.
Speaker A: Could it help HR?
Speaker B: Yes, for appraisals.
Prompt: Draft balanced performance review notes from these achievements and goals.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Moderation.
Prompt: Flag product reviews that look fake or break the review guidelines.
Review — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary