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updated | review |

As verbs the difference between updated and review

is that updated is past tense of update while review is to survey; to look broadly over.

As a noun review is

a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact.

updated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (update)
  • Antonyms

    * outdated * out-of-date * superannuated

    update

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
  • He gave me an update on the situation in New York
  • A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.
  • I just made an update to the Wikipedia article on guerillas
  • An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.
  • I just made an update to my blog about my trip to Rome
  • A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software ) a minor upgrade.
  • Our database receives an update every morning at 3 AM
    I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop
  • A version of something which is newer than other versions.
  • "You should try the update: it rocks. "

    Verb

    (updat)
  • To bring (a thing) up to date.
  • I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.
  • To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
  • Update me on what happened while I was away.

    Descendants

    * Danish: (l), (l) * French: (l) English heteronyms ----

    review

    English

    (wikipedia review)

    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.

    Derived terms

    * * judicial review

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To survey; to look broadly over.
  • Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
  • To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
  • The critic reviews every new play in London.
  • * '>citation
  • To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
  • (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
  • * 1610–11 , (William Shakespeare), '', 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.
  • (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?

    See also

    * revise (v.)

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