different between review vs precis

English

Alternative forms

• re-view (rare for noun, obsolete for verb)

Etymology

From Middle English revewe, reveue, from Old French reveüe, revue (Modern French: revue), feminine form of reveü, past participle of reveoir (French: revoir), from Latin revide?, from re- +vide? (“see, observe”) (English: video). Equivalent to re- +? view. Compare retrospect. Doublet of revue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???vju?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Noun

review (plural reviews)

1. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.

2. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
   • 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 54.

     The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of his book to demonic inspiration!

3. (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.

4. A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.

   Synonym: revue

5. A survey of the available items or material.

6. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.

7. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.

8. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.

Derived terms

• board of review
• capsule review
• judicial review

Translations

Verb

review (third-person singular simple present reviews, present participle reviewing, simple past and past participle reviewed)

1. To survey; to look broadly over.

2. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
3. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
4. (transitive, US, Canada) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
5. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
   • 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, act IV, scene iv, in The Works of Mr. William Shake?pear; in Eight Volumes, volume II (1709), page 954:

     Cam[illo]   What I do next, ?hall be next to tell the King // Of this E?cape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ?hall ?o prevail, // To force him after: in who?e company // I ?hall review Sicilia; for who?e ?ight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.

6. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
   • 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), Homer (author), Odyssey, book III, lines 127–128, in The Ody??ey of Homer, volume I (1760), page 113:

     Shall I the long, laborious ?cene review, // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?

Translations

See also

Related terms

• reviewer
• reviewability
• medireview
• rereview

See also

• retrospect
• revise (v.)

Anagrams

• viewer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?si

Noun

precis (plural precis or preces or precises)

1. Alternative spelling of précis

Translations

Verb

precis (third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised)

1. Alternative form of précis

Anagrams

• Cripes, Persic, Prices, Spicer, crepis, cripes, prices, spicer

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pre.kis/, [?p??k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pre.t??is/, [?p???t??is]

Noun

precis

1. genitive singular of prex

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French précis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre?t??is/

Adjective

precis m or n (feminine singular precis?, masculine plural preci?i, feminine and neuter plural precise)

1. precise, accurate, exact

Declension

Adverb

precis

1. precisely, accurately, exactly

See also

• exact
• definit

Swedish

Etymology

From French précis, from Latin praec?sus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of praec?d?.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /pr??si?s/

Adjective

precis (comparative precisare, superlative precisast)

1. precise, made with great precision

Related terms

• precist

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /pr??si?s/, /pr??s?s/

Adverb

precis (not comparable)

1. precisely; exactly
2. (focus) precisely; Used to provide emphasis
3. just; by a narrow margin
4. just; moments ago
5. just; perfectly

Synonyms

• (by a narrow margin): just
• (perfectly): just

References

• precis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• precis in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).