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REEVALUATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reevaluate mean?
• REEVALUATE (verb)
The verb REEVALUATE has 1 sense:
1. revise or renew one's assessment
Familiarity information: REEVALUATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it reevaluates Past simple: reevaluated
Past participle: reevaluated
-ing form: reevaluating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Revise or renew one's assessment
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
reassess; reevaluate
Hypernyms (to "reevaluate" is one way to...):
appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
reevaluation (the evaluation of something a second time (or more))
Context examples
"But events in 2016 and 2017 forced us to reevaluate that."
(Data from robotic drifters explain mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice, National Science Foundation)
"It seems nature has several new tricks that will force scientists to reevaluate theories on special quantum materials," said Chakhalian.
(Iridium 'loses its identity' when interfaced with nickel, National Science Foundation)
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