All 50 Uses
evaluate
in
Delirium, by Lauren Oliver
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- I will have the procedure and then I'll be paired with a boy the evaluators choose for me.†
p. 2.5
- On the morning of my evaluation it is the smell that wakes me up.†
p. 5.4 *evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- But two was the number of children the evaluators decided on for Marcia.†
p. 7.7
- Nervous about your evaluation?†
p. 8.9evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- During the exam there will be four evaluators staring at me for close to two hours.†
p. 9.3
- Senior year is almost over, and the evaluation is the final test I will take.†
p. 9.5evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- The evaluation is the last step, so I can get paired.†
p. 9.8
- In the coming months the evaluators will send me a list of four or five approved matches.†
p. 9.9
- The evaluators will do their best to match me with people who received a similar score in the evaluations.†
p. 10.1
- The evaluators will do their best to match me with people who received a similar score in the evaluations.†
p. 10.1
- I know they're all worried about my performance at the evaluation.†
p. 10.6evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- Everyone knows I am having my evaluation today.†
p. 14.9
- She said I should read it while I'm waiting for my evaluation.†
p. 18.1
- She whips her head in both directions, as though expecting to find regulators or evaluators lurking in the bright morning street.†
p. 18.3
- Hana pushes her sunglasses up onto her forehead and bats her eyelashes at me, making her voice supersweet: "'Evaluation Day is the exciting rite of passage that prepares you for a future of happiness, stability, and partnership."†
p. 20.1evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- Usually the evaluators generate a list of four or five approved matches, and you are allowed to pick among them.†
p. 21.3
- I love the evaluations, okay?†
p. 21.9
- Long live Evaluation Day.†
p. 21.9evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- My aunt has told me that the evaluators will expect a certain degree of formality.†
p. 25.5
- It will be over soon and then you'll go home, and you'll never have to think about the evaluation again.†
p. 26.2evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- She must be done with her evaluation already.†
p. 26.3
- Evaluations typically last anywhere from half an hour to two hours, but it's common wisdom that the longer the evaluators keep you, the better you're doing.†
p. 26.4
- Evaluations typically last anywhere from half an hour to two hours, but it's common wisdom that the longer the evaluators keep you, the better you're doing.†
p. 26.5
- And last year Corey Winde scored an all-time record for longest evaluation—three and a half hours—and still received only a three.†
p. 26.7evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- There's a system behind the evaluations, obviously, but there's always a degree of randomness to them too.†
p. 26.7
- This is the worst of all possible times to be having doubts about the evaluations, and I mentally curse Hana.†
p. 26.9
- Please be aware, however, that the longer you take to prepare, the less time your evaluators will have to get to know you.†
p. 28.3
- The evaluators will be waiting for you in the lab.†
p. 28.7
- Now the evaluators will think I'm a hairy beast.†
p. 29.1
- It's even brighter in the lab—dazzlingly bright, so the evaluators' first impression of me must be of someone squinting, stepping backward, bringing her hand to her face.†
p. 29.4
- Then my eyes adjust and the vision resolves into the four evaluators, all sitting behind a long, low table.†
p. 29.5
- This room is very large, and totally empty except for the evaluators and, in the corner, a steel surgical table that's been shoved up against one wall.†
p. 29.6
- Fortunately, one of the evaluators, a woman, speaks first.†
p. 29.9
- When I'm a few feet away from the table, I reach out and pass the evaluators my clipboard.†
p. 30.3
- My clipboard bobs its way down the line of evaluators.†
p. 30.5
- The evaluator with the glasses leans forward, spreading his hands, and smiles.†
p. 31.1evaluator = someone responsible for making a judgment after thinking carefully about something
- I see the evaluators nodding in front of me, and smiles beginning to loosen their faces as they take notes, so I know I'm doing fine, but I can't even hear the words that are coming out of my mouth.†
p. 31.5
- Evaluator One, the woman, gestures to a bottle of water and a glass set up on the table.†
p. 32.5evaluator = someone responsible for making a judgment after thinking carefully about something
- My personal statement is done, and I can tell by the way the evaluators are looking at me—pleased, proud, like I'm a little kid who has managed to fit all the right pegs in all the right holes—that I've done a good job.†
p. 32.7
- I try to keep my eyes locked on the evaluators, but there it is in my peripheral vision, grinning at me: that damn table.†
p. 32.9
- The evaluators nod, make notes.†
p. 33.7
- Evaluator Three asks.†
p. 33.8evaluator = someone responsible for making a judgment after thinking carefully about something
- Evaluator One wrinkles her nose.†
p. 34.3
- The evaluator with the glasses leans forward.†
p. 34.4
- Evaluator One, who sounded so sweet when she offered me the water, has lost all pretense of friendliness.†
p. 34.9
- Evaluator Four splutters back.†
p. 35.2
- Evaluator One half rises from her chair, saying, "What the hell ...?"†
p. 35.9
- The evaluators are hopping up onto the table now, as walls of brown and speckled cow flanks fold around them.†
p. 36.5
- Evaluator One is screaming at the top of her lungs, and Glasses is yelling, "Calm down, calm down!" even though he's grabbing onto her like she's a life raft and he's in danger of sinking.†
p. 36.6evaluator = someone responsible for making a judgment after thinking carefully about something
- Maybe this whole day has been a dream, and I'll wake up to discover that I'm still at home, in bed, on the morning of my evaluation.†
p. 36.9evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
Definitions:
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(1)
(evaluate) to think carefully and make a judgment about something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)