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evaluative — adj. exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations. Syn: analytical, appraising(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
evaluative — 1927, from EVALUATE (Cf. evaluate) + IVE (Cf. ive) … Etymology dictionary
evaluative — evaluate UK US /ɪˈvæljueɪt/ verb [T] ► to judge the quality, importance, amount, or value of someone or something: evaluate sb on sth »Employees will be evaluated on their performance, attendance, and team skills. evaluate sth s/sb s… … Financial and business terms
evaluative — [[t]ɪvæ̱ljuətɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is evaluative is based on an assessment of the values, qualities, and significance of a particular person or thing. [FORMAL] ...ten years of evaluative research … English dictionary
evaluative — An evaluative proposition or commitment is one that attributes value or the reverse to something. The philosophical difficulty is to describe what is specific to this kind of attribution. See also attitude, fact/value distinction … Philosophy dictionary
evaluative — evaluate ► VERB 1) form an idea of the amount or value of; assess. 2) Mathematics find a numerical expression or equivalent for (a formula, function, etc.). DERIVATIVES evaluation noun evaluative adjective evaluator noun … English terms dictionary
evaluative — adjective exercising or involving careful evaluations (Freq. 1) looked him over with an appraising eye the literary judge uses many evaluative terms • Syn: ↑appraising • Similar to: ↑critical • … Useful english dictionary
evaluative — adjective see evaluate … New Collegiate Dictionary
evaluative — adjective a) Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event. b) judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation … Wiktionary
evaluative — adj. serving to assess or evaluate … English contemporary dictionary
