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evaluative

evaluative

2 7.1
Giving an opinion about the value or quality of something
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtɪv/
: evaluativo
  • My instructor missed most of the items on the evaluative checklist.
  • evaluative quiz
  • evaluative criteria
  • evaluative judgment

Is, is well, for that, for the Sunday thing, it's really self evaluative and very planning oriented.

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Examples

  • Teams also received feedback and evaluative comments from the judges during the competition, within defined limits.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The forms utilized to gather evaluative information needed to be examined and improved.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Do you think it is a problem as we consider trying to enhance our evaluative capacity?

  • You will need strong thinking and evaluative skills in order to survive and effectively argue your case.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • In addition, all students were administered an evaluative quiz following the third test period.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Remember, professors do not choose the evaluative criteria or what constitutes a good job.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Thus, only those who are emotionally engaged can make informed and proper evaluative judgments.

    Academic text (1999)

  • In addition, this professional endeavor gets teachers and indirectly students involved and supportive of evaluative efforts.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Frequent responses from peers and teachers support the development of evaluative criteria and revising strategies.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The teacher provided an evaluative summary of each student's performance on the project.

Synonyms

appraising
vsevaluative
2 5.3

Looking at or listening to something to judge its value

is used for methodical, systematic judgment rather than single careful acts
valuative
vsevaluative
1 8.3

Saying that something is good or bad

is more about making judged assessments, often in a systematic way
appraisive
vsevaluative
1 8.4

Saying how good or valuable something is

is broader, covering quality and significance beyond formal monetary focus
valuational
vsevaluative
8.1

About judging how important or useful something is

adds focus on judging quality and significance, usually in a structured way

How Evaluative

judgmental
  • US
84 4.6
critical
234 3.8
evaluative
2 7.1
descriptive
31 4.0
observational
25 5.0

Surface Forms

evaluative positive

Morphology

evaluative = evaluate (transparent) = evaluate + ive

The suffix '-ive' forms adjectives meaning 'having the nature of' or 'tending to', making the transformation straightforward.

Etymology

The word evaluative comes from evaluate, which uses the root val- meaning 'worth' and is the same root as value. So, to be evaluative is to judge how much something is worth or how good or important it is.