To evaluate the bridge's safety, engineers analyzed stress patterns under heavy traffic loads.
为了评估桥梁的安全性，工程师们分析了重载交通下的应力模式。
The report's introduction lists three competing explanations for declining bee populations before stating that the remainder of the document will evaluate the evidence for and against each one in turn.
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Data scientist Wei Zhang argues that algorithmic hiring tools reduce human bias in the hiring process by evaluating candidates using consistent, predefined criteria.
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Political scientist Fatima Rashid counters that randomly selected citizens often lack the specialized background needed to evaluate technically complex policy questions, meaning their recommendations may be well-intentioned but poorly informed compared with input from subject-matter experts.
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Which choice best defines “evaluate”?
C — Assess, judge. “evaluate” means assess, judge.
Which word means “assess, judge”?
B — evaluate. “evaluate” means assess, judge.
evaluate — assess, judge. In Chinese: 评估，评价.
evaluate is pronounced /ɪˈvæljueɪt/.
To evaluate the bridge's safety, engineers analyzed stress patterns under heavy traffic loads. (为了评估桥梁的安全性，工程师们分析了重载交通下的应力模式。)
assess, appraise, judge — all close in meaning to evaluate (assess, judge).
ignore, neglect — each the opposite of evaluate (assess, judge).
Yes. evaluate is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
eva(outside)+luate(value)