evaluative

From evaluate +‎ -ive.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈvæl.ju.ə.tɪv/

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evaluative (comparative more evaluative, superlative most evaluative)

1. Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event.
   • 1991 August 31, Dawn Schmitz, quoting Ed Hershey, “Homophobe Loses Libel Lawsuit”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 2:

     The college's position has always been that the opinion of students and colleagues was an important part of the evaluative process leading to tenure decisions.

2. judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation.

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evaluative

1. inflection of evaluativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular