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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I explain that accommodations, when appropriate, follow evaluation, not the other way around.
The separation aims to allow clearer evaluation of each team’s assets and growth, enhancing shareholder value and flexibility.
From Barron's
Many different types of glitches damaged hiring evaluations, but some were worse than others.
Earlier in the week, police said Van Rootselaar, who was born biologically male and transitioned to female six years ago, had a history of mental health struggles and was previously admitted for psychiatric evaluation.
From BBC
“Any honest evaluation of that evidence would validate strongly keeping the endangerment finding in place, and the arguments for removing it are ideologically driven, willfully ignoring the evidence that’s out there,” Field said.
From Los Angeles Times
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