MEANING
To evaluate something again using relevant evidence or criteria.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reevaluate a policy
- reevaluate a result
On the page
The panel reevaluated the policy against revised criteria.
The result was reevaluated after a measurement error was identified.
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Word forms
- Base
- reevaluate
- Past tense
- reevaluated
- Past participle
- reevaluated
- Present participle
- reevaluating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reevaluate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reevaluating
- Present perfect
- have/has reevaluated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reevaluating
- Past
- reevaluated
- Past continuous
- was/were reevaluating
- Past perfect
- had reevaluated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reevaluating
- Future
- will reevaluate
- Future continuous
- will be reevaluating
- Future perfect
- will have reevaluated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reevaluating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reevaluate; reevaluates; reevaluated; reevaluated; reevaluating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reevaluates.
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