Phrase guide

peer review

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The scholarly process whereby manuscripts intended to be published in an academic journal are reviewed by independent researchers (referees) to evaluate the contribution, i.e. the importance, novelty and accuracy of the manuscript's contents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To review before publication, as by an authority or authorities in the pertinent field of study, of the written form of an idea, hypothesis, theory, or written discussion of such.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Three drafts of his report were peer-reviewed before it was accepted for publication.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

evaluate professionally a colleague's work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: referee

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: review, critique

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: avaluació d'experts — scholarly process
  • Catalan: revisió d'experts — scholarly process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同儕審查 /同侪审查 (tóngchái shěnchá) — scholarly process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同行評審 /同行评审 — scholarly process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同行评议 (tóngháng píngshěn) — scholarly process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同行評議 /同行评议 (tóngháng píngyì) — scholarly process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同行審查 /同行审查 (tóngháng shěnchá) — scholarly process
  • Danish: fagfællebedømmelse — scholarly process
  • Finnish: vertaisarviointi — scholarly process
  • French: évaluation par les pairs — scholarly process
  • German: Peer-Review — scholarly process
  • German: Kreuzgutachten — scholarly process
  • Hungarian: szakértői értékelés/bírálat — scholarly process
  • Hungarian: szakmai lektorálás — scholarly process
  • Irish: athbhreithniú piaraí — scholarly process
  • Irish: an próiseas athbhreithnithe piaraí — scholarly process
  • Irish: piarmheasúnú — scholarly process
  • Italian: revisione paritaria — scholarly process
  • Japanese: 査読 (sadoku) — scholarly process
  • Korean: 동료 평가 (dongnyo pyeongga) — scholarly process
  • Māori: arotake aropā — scholarly process
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fagfellevurdering — scholarly process
  • Polish: recenzowanie — scholarly process
  • Portuguese: revisão por pares — scholarly process
  • Russian: рецензи́рование (recenzírovanije) — scholarly process
  • Serbo-Croatian: стручна рецензија — scholarly process
  • Serbo-Croatian: stručna recenzija — scholarly process
  • Spanish: revisión por pares — scholarly process
  • Spanish: revisación por congéneres — scholarly process
  • Spanish: revisada por coetáneos — scholarly process
  • Spanish: evaluación por coevos — scholarly process
  • Swedish: referentgranskning — scholarly process
  • Swedish: expertgranskning — scholarly process
  • Swedish: kollegial granskning — scholarly process
  • Swedish: kollegial utvärdering — scholarly process
  • Swedish: fackgranskning — scholarly process
  • Swedish: refereegranskning — scholarly process
  • Swedish: sakkunnigbedömning — scholarly process
  • Swedish: sakkunniggranskning — scholarly process
  • Welsh: adolygiad gan gymheiriaid — scholarly process