REEVALUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reevaluation mean? 

• REEVALUATION (noun)
  The noun REEVALUATION has 1 sense:

1. the evaluation of something a second time (or more)

  Familiarity information: REEVALUATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REEVALUATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The evaluation of something a second time (or more)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reevaluation" is a kind of...):

evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)

Derivation:

reevaluate (revise or renew one's assessment)

 Context examples 

While the finding does not guarantee that this sodium chloride is derived from the subsurface ocean (this could, in fact, simply be evidence of different types of materials stratified in the moon's icy shell), the study's authors propose that it warrants a reevaluation of the geochemistry of Europa.

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)