noun/verb · neutral
review
/rɪˈvjuː/re·VIEW
an evaluation or assessment of something (n); to evaluate or assess (v)
Examples
“I read a review of the film before I decided to watch it.”
“She reviews new restaurants for a magazine.”
“Please leave a review after you use the product.”
Band 8 sentence
“When you critique media in Task 2, distinguish clearly between a review (qualitative judgement) and a rating (quantitative score).”
Collocations
- write a review
- book/film review
- positive/negative review
Word family
Common mistakes
I made a review about the film.→I wrote a review of the film.
She gave a five-star review for the product yesterday.→She gave the product a five-star rating yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5opinion→6comment→7+review
Synonyms
critique
Easily confused
rating
“The restaurant received a five-star rating but mixed reviews.”
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