evaluation
Americannoun
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an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
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(especially in medicine) a diagnosis or diagnostic study of a physical or mental condition.
Other Word Forms
- misevaluation noun
- nonevaluation noun
- overevaluation noun
- reevaluation noun
- self-evaluation noun
Etymology
Origin of evaluation
From the French word évaluation, dating back to 1745–55. See e- 1, valuation
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Example Sentences
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In a statement, Huntington police Chief Cosme Lozano said the D.A.’s decision reflected “a thorough and independent evaluation of the facts, evidence, and applicable law.”
From Los Angeles Times
Your mother needs an evaluation, care, and a wellness check.
From MarketWatch
Those reforms are so nascent that not much is known about them, Dee said, and his study is one of a handful that provides a credible evaluation.
From Los Angeles Times
Although earlier systematic reviews have included tramadol, none offered a broad evaluation of both its effectiveness and safety across different types of chronic pain.
From Science Daily
Yet here’s an attempt at just that—a packaging of the bigger themes of this first year, and an evaluation of the highs, the lows and the yet-to-be-determined.
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