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- pronunciation:
- ih
vael
yu
eIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
evaluates, evaluating, evaluated |
| definition: |
When you evaluate something, you study it carefully and judge it in some way.
Teachers use tests to evaluate how much their students have learned.- synonyms:
- gauge, judge, weigh
- similar words:
- criticize, estimate, study, test
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| related words: |
analyze, consider, examine, inspect, mark, monitor, review, score, screen, try |
| derivations: |
evaluative (adj.), evaluation (n.), evaluator (n.) |
The word evaluate
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
educate, eject, elaborate, elect, eligible, eloquent, elude, emancipate, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emit, enormous, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, event, evict, evident, evolution, evolve
val, valu, valid
Latin
root
that means strength; worth
Example words:
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