initial evaluation

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandevaluation

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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evaluation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪˌvæl.juˈeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ɪˌvæl.juˈeɪ.ʃən/
the process of judging or calculating the quality, importance, amount, or value ...
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(Definition ofinitialandevaluationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinitial evaluation

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Theinitialevaluationstrategy was a socalled push/enter model.
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All families underwent a two-part standardized assessment at theinitialevaluation.
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They have been followed for more than 13 years since theinitialevaluation.
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All patients had aninitialevaluationconsisting of history, physical examination and a 12-lead electrocardiogram.
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At the time ofinitialevaluation, 9 of the 18 patients diagnosed as infants were symptomatic.
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Fragmentation and alteration of seed dispersal processes: aninitialevaluationof dung beetles, seed fate, and seedling diversity.
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For patients with high clinical suspicion, plain radiographs are indicated forinitialevaluationof focal bone pain.
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Initialevaluationof the results suggests that age was the most significant variable in the accuracy of the response.
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Ourinitialevaluationof these subjects included measures of physical and neurohormonal characteristics, as well as an extensive diagnostic interview.
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Management of faecal incontinence will depend on the result of theinitialevaluation, the patient's characteristics and the type and severity of incontinence.
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If the intervention appeared not to be cost-effective afterinitialevaluation, further research would have been much more difficult to justify.
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Initialevaluationshowed an extremely good response to such a service. 100% wished the bus to visit on a regular basis.
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Whether delaying surgical revision for up to 3 years is a worthwhile endpoint is not addressed in thisinitialevaluation, and will require longerterm follow-up and larger numbers of patients.
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We performed some experiments to test our first new hypothesis that the closest goal and smallestinitialevaluationmethods performed poorly because of the "bumps" in the evaluation function.
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Lastly, we have conducted aninitialevaluationof the internal reforms that have modernised our financial and personnel management.
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All projects were halted during aninitialevaluationperiod.
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Theinitialevaluationmay last up to 60 minutes.
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In many laboratories, cytotechnologists perform theinitialevaluation.
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Of course, ourinitialevaluationis that not every means of involving them has been exhausted and that important efforts are needed.
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Theinitialevaluation, and that carried out after five years, provide the opportunity to weigh up the added therapeutic value of medicinal products.
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Theinitialevaluationperiod will now take place after three years – originally it was proposed after four years – and thereafter at intervening four-year timescales.
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Initialevaluationof our campaign, which has now been running for just over a year, has shown high levels of approval for the various elements.
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During theinitialevaluation, an electrically insulated handle was considered to be desirable but not mandatory.
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