Review
Review noun - A close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition.
Usage example: took the car to her mechanic for a complete mechanical review before she decided to sell it
Scan is a synonym for review in examination topic. In some cases you can use "Scan" instead the word "Review" as a verb or a noun.
Scan
Scan noun - A close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition.
Usage example: gave the car a good scan to see if it was worth buying
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old review | old scan |
| good | good review | good scan |
| full | full review | full scan |
| detailed | detailed review | detailed scan |
| Other adjectives: brief, original, fake, initial, proper, single, actual, thorough, little, bad, infamous, quick, new, early, final, later, next, occasional, recent, previous, medical, in-depth. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Culture: In Excession, "1,853 milliseconds" is long enough for a Drone to do a full systems check, scan the surroundings, review its logs and have an extended monologue.
Source: Robots Think Faster - Robots Think Faster: In Excession, "eighteen fifty-three milliseconds" is long enough for a Drone to do a full systems check, scan the surroundings, review its logs and have an extended monologue.
Source: Literature / The Culture
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