evaluative
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Involving or exercising careful judgment or assessment: "Evaluative" describes something that involves making a careful, considered judgment about the quality, value, or importance of something.
- Characterized by appraisal or analysis: It refers to a process or statement that is analytical and aims to determine the merits or significance of a subject.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The teacher's feedback was highly evaluative, focusing on both strengths and areas for improvement.
- The report provides an evaluative summary of the project's overall success.
- She adopted an evaluative approach to selecting candidates, considering multiple criteria.
Advanced Usage
- "evaluative judgment": A considered opinion formed after careful assessment.
- The committee's final decision was based on a collective evaluative judgment.
- "evaluative criteria": The specific standards or benchmarks used to make an assessment.
- The grant application clearly listed the evaluative criteria for selection.
Variants and Related Words
- Evaluate (verb): To form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; to assess.
- We need to evaluate the results of the survey.
- Evaluation (noun): The act or process of evaluating something; an assessment.
- The annual performance evaluation is next week.
- Evaluator (noun): A person who judges or assesses something.
- The evaluator provided detailed comments on each proposal.
Synonyms
- Appraising: Assessing the value or quality of.
- Assessing: Evaluating or estimating the nature, ability, or quality of.
- Judgmental: Involving the use of judgment (can have a neutral or slightly negative connotation, unlike the more neutral "evaluative").
Related Phrases
- "evaluative commentary": Written or spoken analysis that includes assessment and judgment.
- The art critic's evaluative commentary influenced public perception of the exhibition.
- "evaluative function": The role or purpose of making assessments, often used in academic or professional contexts.
- One key evaluative function of management is to monitor project milestones.
Adjective
- exercising or involving careful evaluations
- looked him over with an appraising eye
- the literary judge uses many evaluative terms