English > evaluate: 2 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | measure, valuate, assess, appraise, value |
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| Narrower | censor | subject to political, religious, or moral censorship |
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| grade, score, mark | Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation |
| praise | Express approval of |
| rate, value | Estimate the value of |
| reassess, reevaluate | revise or renew one's assessment |
| standardize, standardise | Evaluate by comparing with a standard |
| Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
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| Similar to | assess | Estimate the value of (property) for taxation |
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| Spanish | aforar, apreciar, estimar, evaluar, medir, tasar, valorar, valorizar, valuar |
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| Catalan | aforar, apreciar, avaluar, estimar, medir, taxar, valorar |
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| Adjectives | evaluative | exercising or involving careful evaluations |
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| Nouns | evaluation | act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of |
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| evaluation | an appraisal of the value of something |
| 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 |
English > evaluate: 2 senses > verb 2, cognition| Meaning | form a critical opinion of. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Example | "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?""We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
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| Synonyms | pass judgment, judge |
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| Entailed by | acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
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| condemn | declare or judge unfit for use or habitation |
| convict | Find or declare guilty |
| knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
| Narrower | accept | Consider or hold as true |
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| approve | judge to be right or commendable |
| assign, attribute | decide as to where something belongs in a scheme |
| calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast | judge to be probable |
| choose | See fit or proper to act in a certain way |
| declare, adjudge, hold | declare to be |
| disapprove | Consider bad / bad or wrong |
| disapprove, reject | deem wrong or inappropriate |
| expect, anticipate | regard something as probable or likely |
| fail | judge unacceptable |
| impute, ascribe, assign, attribute | Attribute or credit to |
| measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value | Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of |
| pass | Accept or judge as acceptable |
| prejudge | judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence |
| rate, rank, range, order, grade, place | Assign a rank or rating to |
| reappraise | Appraise anew |
| reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
| review, critique | Appraise critically |
| stand | Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue |
| test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay | put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to |
| think, believe, consider, conceive | judge or regard |
| Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate | Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
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| Spanish | evaluar, juzgar, opinar, pensar |
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| Catalan | avaluar, jutjar, opinar, pensar |
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| Adjectives | evaluative | exercising or involving careful evaluations |
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