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EVALUATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form a critical opinion of

Example:

We shouldn't pass judgment on other people

Synonyms:

evaluate; judge; pass judgment

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "evaluate" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evaluate"):

essay; examine; prove; test; try; try out (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)

pass (accept or judge as acceptable)

fail (judge unacceptable)

critique; review (appraise critically)

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

disapprove; reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)

assign; attribute (decide as to where something belongs in a scheme)

ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

calculate; count on; estimate; figure; forecast; reckon (judge to be probable)

grade; order; place; range; rank; rate (assign a rank or rating to)

stand (have or maintain a position or stand on an issue)

approve (judge to be right or commendable; think well of)

disapprove (consider bad or wrong)

choose (see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way)

prejudge (judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence)

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

reappraise (appraise anew)

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

accept (consider or hold as true)

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

evaluative (exercising or involving careful evaluations)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

Example:

access all the factors when taking a risk

Synonyms:

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "evaluate" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Verb group:

assess (estimate the value of (property) for taxation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evaluate"):

grade; mark; score (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation)

rate; value (estimate the value of)

standardise; standardize (evaluate by comparing with a standard)

reassess; reevaluate (revise or renew one's assessment)

censor (subject to political, religious, or moral censorship)

praise (express approval of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

evaluation (act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of)

evaluation (an appraisal of the value of something)

evaluative (exercising or involving careful evaluations)

evaluator (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

value (the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)

value (the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This version is modified from A. Rey in 1964 and is used to evaluate verbal learning and memory abilities in both children and adults.

(Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A cooperative group sponsored by the NCI whose primary goal is to evaluate surgical therapies in the management of patients with malignant solid tumors.

(American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)

A characteristic of experiment design in which one or more groups involved (receiving, administering, or evaluating intervention) are unaware of which intervention any particular subject is receiving.

(Blinded, NCI Thesaurus)

Each behavior is evaluated only if the individual displays the behavior.

(Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Procedures intended to evaluate cardiac function without insertion of intravascular equipment into the central circulation.

(Non-Invasive Cardiac Stress Test, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Network of medical centers that will evaluate promising treatments for children with brain malignancies.

(Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, NCI Thesaurus)

Traditional methods for evaluating treatment outcome focus on disease state.

(Patient-Focused Outcomes, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also being evaluated for its protective effects on the gastrointestinal tract in people undergoing radiation therapy.

(Pentosan polysulfate, NCI Dictionary)

A unit for percentage measurement of any type or component of hemoglobin or its derivative such as methemoglobin; carboxyhemoglobin; sulfhemoglobin, etc. evaluated as fraction of total hemoglobin.

(Percent of Total Hemoglobin, NCI Thesaurus)

This knowledge is employed to help design and evaluate drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease.

(Pharmacologist, NCI Thesaurus)