Critique

critique [ kri tk ] noun  (plural critiques)

Definition:  

1. review of somebody's work: a written or broadcast assessment of something, usually a creative work, with comments on its good and bad qualities

2. media  Same as  criticism (sense 3)

transitive verb  (3rd person present singular critiques, present participle critiquing, past and past participle critiqued)

Definition:  

give review of: to discuss or comment on something such as a creative work, giving an assessment of its good and bad qualities

[Mid-17th century. Via French< Greek kritikē (tekhnē) 'art of criticism' < kritikos (see critic)]
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