All 5 Uses of
evaluate
in
Atlas Shrugged
- One was supposed to describe, not to explain, to catalogue facts, not to evaluate them: Mr. Smith had been defrozen, Mr. Jones had not; that was all.†
Chpt 2.1 *evaluate = to think carefully and make a judgment about
- The evaluation of an action as 'practical,' Dr. Ferris, depends on what it is that one wishes to practice.†
Chpt 2.3evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- I am in full agreement with the facts of everything said about me in the newspapers-with the facts, but not with the evaluation.†
Chpt 2.4
- Don't tell me your evaluation.†
Chpt 3.6
- I brought them, not a re-evaluation, but only an identification of their values.†
Chpt 3.7re-evaluation = to again think carefully and make a judgment about somethingstandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in re-evaluation means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
Definition:
to think carefully and make a judgment about something