evaluate

Word family (noun)evaluation (verb)evaluate

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishevaluatee‧val‧u‧ate /ɪˈvæljueɪt/ ●○○AWL verb [transitive] JUDGEtojudge how good,useful, orsuccessful something isSYN assess You should be able to evaluate your own work. We need to evaluate the success of the campaign. It can be difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of different treatments.→ SeeVerb tableExamples from the Corpusevaluate•No suchmargin exists forhealth care provision, however, much of which has never been scientificallyevaluated.•Your work will beevaluated by members of themanagement team.•Heroffice hasdirected department heads toevaluateexpenses and hold off spending whenever possible.•The newdrug is beingevaluated inclinical trials.•There is a growingdemand for thedevelopment ofmethodology toevaluatenutrition and dieteticprograms.•The police force should notevaluateofficers'performance interms of the number ofarrests they make.•Eachcommunity hascreated industry-ledcommittees that can help setpolicy andevaluateprogress.•Andsetting targets andmeasuring sticks toevaluateprojects would definitely increaseefficiency if done properly.•There was not enough time toevaluate the information before the meeting.•This involves planning theintervention andevaluating theoutcome.From Longman Business Dictionaryevaluatee‧val‧u‧ate /ɪˈvæljueɪt/ verb [transitive]to carefully consider something to see how useful orvaluable it isWe need to evaluate the success of our last marketing campaign. —evaluation noun [countable, uncountable]the development and evaluation of new productsWe need to carry out a proper evaluation of the new system.According to his performance evaluation, his work was always satisfactory.There are many people who think thatjob evaluation is unnecessary.→ SeeVerb tableOriginevaluate(1800-1900)evaluation

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Word of the dayglorifyto make someone or something seem more important or better than they really are

Verb table

evaluate

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	evaluate
he, she, it	evaluates
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	evaluated
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	haveevaluated
he, she, it	hasevaluated
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	hadevaluated
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	willevaluate
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will haveevaluated
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Continuous Form
Present
I	amevaluating
he, she, it	isevaluating
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you, we, they	areevaluating
Past
I, he, she, it	wasevaluating
you, we, they	wereevaluating
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have beenevaluating
he, she, it	has beenevaluating
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had beenevaluating
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will beevaluating
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have beenevaluating
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