- evaluate
- verbADVERB▪ effectively (esp. AmE), fully, properly, thoroughly▪ carefully, rigorously, systematically▪
The evidence should be carefully evaluated.
▪ accurately (esp. AmE)▪ constantly, continually, continuously, regularly (all esp. AmE)▪ critically▪ positively▪The role of stay-at-home mother is more positively evaluated in working-class communities.
▪ honestly (esp. AmE)▪ independently, objectively (esp. AmE)▪his ability to objectively evaluate the merits of the works he considers
▪ empirically, scientifically, statistically▪These probabilities can be evaluated empirically.
VERB + EVALUATE▪ aim to, attempt to, be designed to▪ help (to)▪to help evaluate the success of the campaign
▪ begin to▪ continue to▪ be used to▪criteria used to evaluate employees' performance
▪ be difficult to, be hard to▪ be impossible to▪It was impossible to evaluate the safety of the new drug.
▪ be possible to▪How is it possible to evaluate a company?
Evaluate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑applicant, ↑approach, ↑benefit, ↑claim, ↑competence, ↑condition, ↑effect, ↑effectiveness, ↑efficiency, ↑employee, ↑evidence, ↑extent, ↑feasibility, ↑hypothesis, ↑impact, ↑importance, ↑influence, ↑likelihood, ↑merit, ↑outcome, ↑performance, ↑progress, ↑quality, ↑relationship, ↑reliability, ↑result, ↑risk, ↑role, ↑situation, ↑success, ↑usefulness, ↑utility, ↑validity
Collocations dictionary. 2013.