appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

stocktaking - reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook

literary criticism, criticism - a written evaluation of a work of literature

book review - a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book)

notice - a short critical review; "the play received good notices"

rave - an extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave"

examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

accounting - a system that provides quantitative information about finances

accounting system, method of accounting, accounting - a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts

analytical review - an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes

follies - a revue with elaborate costuming

variety show, variety - a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

periodical - a publication that appears at fixed intervals

literary review - a review devoted to literary criticism

capitulation - a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic

epanodos - repetition or recapitulation in reverse order

legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

bill of review - a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it

judicial review - review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court

jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

practice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"

rub up - a review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin"

check-out procedure, checkout, check - the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"

examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

judge - form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"

peer review, referee - evaluate professionally a colleague's work

inspect - look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully"

recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

think back, remember - recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"