Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

literature review

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: lit-er-a-ture re-view
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scholarly paper, or part of one, compiled from published sources, which sums up current knowledge of a particular topic.

Inflected Forms

literature reviews (plural)

Phrases

literature search

Frequently Paired Words

literature search

Questions

What does literature review mean?: A scholarly paper, or part of one, compiled from published sources, which sums up current knowledge of a particular topic.

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