re-eval

Meanings

1. 1nouncountableinformal

   A second evaluation or assessment of someone or something, often because the situation has changed.

   Grammar: Countable: you can say a re-eval or two re-evals; often used with do or have.

   Patterns

   • do a re-eval
   • have a re-eval
   • a re-eval of something

   The coach ordered a re-eval of the player's knee before the final.

   After the new test scores came in, the school did a re-eval of his learning plan.

   Can we schedule a re-eval for next month?

2. 2verbtransitiveinformal

   To evaluate or assess someone or something again.

   Grammar: Takes an object: re-eval the plan. In careful writing, use re-evaluate instead.

   Patterns

   • re-eval someone/something

   The committee will re-eval the proposal after the budget changes.

   We need to re-eval our strategy every quarter.

   She asked the doctor to re-eval her symptoms.

Word forms

Common combinations

do a re-eval

The therapist wants to do a re-eval next week.

a re-eval of something

The report called for a re-eval of the safety rules.

re-eval the situation

Let's re-eval the situation after the meeting.

Synonyms and how they differ

re-evaluation

The full, formal noun; use it in reports and academic writing rather than the short form re-eval.

review

A broader look at something, not always a formal second assessment; a re-eval often suggests a previous decision is being checked again.

reassessment

Very close in meaning, but more formal and common in official or medical contexts.

Word family

re-evaluate verb

To assess again; the full verb form.

re-evaluation noun

A second assessment; the full noun form.

Commonly confused: re-eval or reveal?

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