Reviewed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Looked over or examined something carefully to judge its quality or content
2. Considered or evaluated an item or text in detail to form an opinion
3. Inspected or analyzed material thoroughly to provide feedback or a judgment

Etymology: "Reviewed" is simply the past tense and past participle of "review," so its history is that of the verb it comes from. That verb arrived in English from Old French "reveüe," the feminine past participle of "reveoir" (modern French "revoir," "to see again"), which was itself built from Latin "revideō," meaning "to look at again." The Latin root is "videō," "to see," the same root that gives English "video" and "vision." The prefix "re-" means "again" or "back," so the core idea is literally seeing something a second time. Middle English took the noun first, as "revewe" or "reveue," meaning a formal inspection or survey, such as of troops. The sense of looking over something carefully and critically grew from that inspection idea, which is why "review" can mean both an assessment of a book and a second look at one's notes. The French form "revue" entered English separately and survives as a doublet, a word with the same origin that arrived by another route. It now refers to a theatrical entertainment or a magazine.

Synonyms: evaluated, examined, assessed, analyzed, inspected

Antonyms: ignored, overlooked, dismissed