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verb

evaluate

CEFR B2

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

In a sentence

Six example sentences with evaluate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Two engineers spent a week evaluating the database options, scoring each on cost, speed, and how quickly a newcomer learned it.

    Startups

  • Curators evaluate a submission on craft and idea together, and a technically perfect piece can still leave the room unmoved.

    Art

  • Coaches evaluate a new sprinter over six weeks before changing anything, since a single timed run tells them almost nothing.

    Fitness

  • Lenders evaluate a mortgage application on income, existing debts, and how steadily the applicant has paid bills for years.

    Finance

  • Psychologists evaluate a child's working memory with a simple task: repeat a string of digits backwards and see where it breaks.

    Psychology

  • Economists evaluate a subsidy by asking who actually received the money, which is often not the group named in the law.

    Economics

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