preliminary evaluation

collocation in English

meaningsofpreliminaryandevaluation

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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/
us
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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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 ofpreliminaryandevaluationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The heuristics for the selection of the longest match perform satisfactorily (see section 4 for apreliminaryevaluation).
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To demonstrate this idea, a prototype has been developed based on rhetorical structure theory, and apreliminaryevaluationhas been carried out.
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Twenty participants took part in thepreliminaryevaluation.
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We have performed apreliminaryevaluationof the parser described here.
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The following is a summary of thepreliminaryevaluationresults.
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This paper sets out to describe the setting up andpreliminaryevaluationof a nurse-led, primary care based cardiac rehabilitation service.
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It is now possible to make apreliminaryevaluationof the effects of these reforms.
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Preliminaryevaluationof 'interpreter' roleplays in teaching communication skills to medical undergraduates.
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Finally, we attempt to expand the sample values to the population estimates in order to obtain at least apreliminaryevaluationof the proposed conservation program for governmental policy options.
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Preliminaryevaluationresults look good with respect to hearing aid use and benefit, compared with analogue aids.
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Designed to validate the contractor's reports, thispreliminaryevaluationconsisted of a very limited number of flights and was essentially completed within a month.
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