{
    "term": "evaluate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "evaluate",
            "heSheIt": "evaluates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "evaluated",
        "pastParticiple": "evaluated",
        "ingForm": "evaluating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to form an opinion of the amount, value or quality of something after thinking about it carefully",
            "sensetop": "evaluate somethingevaluate how, whether, etc…evaluate somebody/something for somethingevaluate somebody/something on something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The trial will evaluate the effectiveness of the different drugs.",
                    "contextForm": "evaluate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Researchers evaluated teaching performance by comparing students' exam results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The study will **critically evaluate** whether this technology is useful.",
                    "contextForm": "evaluate how, whether, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to evaluate how well the policy is working."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cheeses are evaluated for flavour, texture and colour.",
                    "contextForm": "evaluate somebody/something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Candidates are evaluated on their ability to think independently.",
                    "contextForm": "evaluate somebody/something on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The effects of changes in land use can be evaluated by analysis of flooding patterns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The evidence should be carefully evaluated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This does not seem an accurate way of evaluating employees' performance."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "fully", "properly"],
                "verb + evaluate": ["aim to", "attempt to", "be designed to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvæljueɪt/",
                "audio": "ev/evaluate/evaluate__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvæljueɪts/",
                "audio": "ev/evaluate/evaluates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvæljueɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ev/evaluate/evaluated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvæljueɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ev/evaluate/evaluating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvæljueɪt/",
                "audio": "ev/evaluate/evaluate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvæljueɪts/",
                "audio": "ev/evaluate/evaluates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvæljueɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ev/evaluate/evaluated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈvæljueɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ev/evaluate/evaluating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent. (earlier (mid 18th cent.) as evaluation): from French évaluer, from es- (from Latin ex-) ‘out, from’ + Old French value ‘value’."
}