Noun

(uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.

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(countable) A particular instance or piece of research.

* Macaulay

The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries.

* 1747 , The Scots magazine (volume 9, page 567)

The first step I took in this so necessary a research , was to examine the motives, the justice, the necessity and expediency of the revolution

Noun

(en noun)

A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact.

I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.

An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.

The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.

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

The victims demanded a full judical review of the case.

A stage show made up of sketches etc.

The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.

A survey of the available items or material.

The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.

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

The Times Literary Review is published in London.

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

The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.

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

The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.