Vocabulary
Evaluate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
Urdu meaning
تخمینہ لگانا، اندازہ لگانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Students learn how to ask better questions, evaluate sources, take notes and present ideas clearly.
Dawn Editorials —
Online schooling
— 2026-04-21
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This will force them to review their overreliance on a single power, re-evaluate their security assumptions, consider strategic repositioning, adopt hedging strategies and diversify their security arrangements.
Dawn Editorials —
The fallout
— 2026-04-20
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Economic reasoning offers one way to understand and rethink this.`Prospect theory`, developed by Kahneman and Tversky, suggests that we evaluate our lives relative to social benchmarks rather than in absolute terms.
Dawn Editorials —
On turning 30
— 2026-04-17
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This may be because technology reveals itself to us in use, like magic, forcing us to evaluate it practically here and now.
Dawn Editorials —
How to think about tech
— 2025-10-04
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They are devised by `algorithmic experts`, who evaluate which platforms push which content.
Dawn Editorials —
All influencers now
— 2025-08-09
Synonyms
assess, assess the worth of, put a value/price on, judge, gauge, rate, estimate
Antonyms
fail, reject, disapprove, pass, approve
Curator example
“the study will assist in evaluating the impact of recent changes”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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