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envelop
verb

Synonyms

erode
verb
i-ˈrōd
erod​ed; erod​ing

Definition

  • transitive ​verb
  • to diminish or destroy by degrees:
    to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
    to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice //The flooding eroded the hillside.
    to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away //inflation eroding buying power
  • to produce or form by eroding //glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
  • intransitive ​verb
  • to undergo erosion //where the land has eroded away
Other Words
  • erod​ibil​i​ty i-ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
  • erod​ible or less commonly erod​able i-ˈrō-də-bəl adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bite (at) corrode eat fret gnaw nibble
Examples
  • //Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
  • //The shoreline has eroded badly.
First Known Use
1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
History and Etymology
Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
erode
verb

Synonyms & Antonyms

-ess
noun suffix

Definition

  • female //giantess
History and Etymology
Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek
eval​u​a​tion
noun
eval·​u·​a·​tion
i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən -yü-ˈā-
plural eval​u​a​tions

Definition

  • the act or result of evaluating //a situation that requires careful evaluation determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone //What's your evaluation of her writing ability? //a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation //The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own." — Robert S. McNamara //Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … — Andrew J. Rotherham //As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests … — Jerome Groopman
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
Examples
  • //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
  • //the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
First Known Use
circa 1622, in the meaning defined above
evaluation
noun

Synonyms

  • an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
    Synonyms
    appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
    Related Words
    aperçu feeling impression notion perception
    confidence faith stock trust
    belief conviction mind persuasion sentiment view
    envelop
    verb

    Synonyms

    erode
    verb
    i-ˈrōd
    erod​ed; erod​ing

    Definition

    • transitive ​verb
    • to diminish or destroy by degrees:
      to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
      to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice //The flooding eroded the hillside.
      to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away //inflation eroding buying power
    • to produce or form by eroding //glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
    • intransitive ​verb
    • to undergo erosion //where the land has eroded away
    Other Words
    • erod​ibil​i​ty i-ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
    • erod​ible or less commonly erod​able i-ˈrō-də-bəl adjective
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    bite (at) corrode eat fret gnaw nibble
    Examples
    • //Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
    • //The shoreline has eroded badly.
    First Known Use
    1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
    History and Etymology
    Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
    erode
    verb

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    -ess
    noun suffix

    Definition

    • female //giantess
    History and Etymology
    Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek
    eval​u​a​tion
    noun
    eval·​u·​a·​tion
    i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən -yü-ˈā-
    plural eval​u​a​tions

    Definition

    • the act or result of evaluating //a situation that requires careful evaluation determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone //What's your evaluation of her writing ability? //a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation //The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own." — Robert S. McNamara //Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … — Andrew J. Rotherham //As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests … — Jerome Groopman
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
    Examples
    • //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
    • //the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
    First Known Use
    circa 1622, in the meaning defined above
    evaluation
    noun

    Synonyms

    • an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
      Synonyms
      appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
      Related Words
      aperçu feeling impression notion perception
      confidence faith stock trust
      belief conviction mind persuasion sentiment view
      envelop
      verb

      Synonyms

      erode
      verb
      i-ˈrōd
      erod​ed; erod​ing

      Definition

      • transitive ​verb
      • to diminish or destroy by degrees:
        to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
        to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice //The flooding eroded the hillside.
        to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away //inflation eroding buying power
      • to produce or form by eroding //glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
      • intransitive ​verb
      • to undergo erosion //where the land has eroded away
      Other Words
      • erod​ibil​i​ty i-ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
      • erod​ible or less commonly erod​able i-ˈrō-də-bəl adjective
      Synonyms & Antonyms
      Synonyms
      bite (at) corrode eat fret gnaw nibble
      Examples
      • //Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
      • //The shoreline has eroded badly.
      First Known Use
      1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
      History and Etymology
      Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
      erode
      verb

      Synonyms & Antonyms

      -ess
      noun suffix

      Definition

      • female //giantess
      History and Etymology
      Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek
      eval​u​a​tion
      noun
      eval·​u·​a·​tion
      i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən -yü-ˈā-
      plural eval​u​a​tions

      Definition

      • the act or result of evaluating //a situation that requires careful evaluation determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone //What's your evaluation of her writing ability? //a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation //The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own." — Robert S. McNamara //Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … — Andrew J. Rotherham //As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests … — Jerome Groopman
      Synonyms & Antonyms
      Synonyms
      appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
      Examples
      • //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
      • //the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
      First Known Use
      circa 1622, in the meaning defined above
      evaluation
      noun

      Synonyms

      • an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
        Synonyms
        appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
        Related Words
        aperçu feeling impression notion perception
        confidence faith stock trust
        belief conviction mind persuasion sentiment view
        envelop
        verb

        Synonyms

        erode
        verb
        i-ˈrōd
        erod​ed; erod​ing

        Definition

        • transitive ​verb
        • to diminish or destroy by degrees:
          to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
          to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice //The flooding eroded the hillside.
          to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away //inflation eroding buying power
        • to produce or form by eroding //glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
        • intransitive ​verb
        • to undergo erosion //where the land has eroded away
        Other Words
        • erod​ibil​i​ty i-ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
        • erod​ible or less commonly erod​able i-ˈrō-də-bəl adjective
        Synonyms & Antonyms
        Synonyms
        bite (at) corrode eat fret gnaw nibble
        Examples
        • //Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
        • //The shoreline has eroded badly.
        First Known Use
        1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
        History and Etymology
        Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
        erode
        verb

        Synonyms & Antonyms

        -ess
        noun suffix

        Definition

        • female //giantess
        History and Etymology
        Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek
        eval​u​a​tion
        noun
        eval·​u·​a·​tion
        i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən -yü-ˈā-
        plural eval​u​a​tions

        Definition

        • the act or result of evaluating //a situation that requires careful evaluation determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone //What's your evaluation of her writing ability? //a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation //The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own." — Robert S. McNamara //Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … — Andrew J. Rotherham //As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests … — Jerome Groopman
        Synonyms & Antonyms
        Synonyms
        appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
        Examples
        • //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
        • //the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
        First Known Use
        circa 1622, in the meaning defined above
        evaluation
        noun

        Synonyms

        • an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
          Synonyms
          appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
          Related Words
          aperçu feeling impression notion perception
          confidence faith stock trust
          belief conviction mind persuasion sentiment view
          envelop
          verb

          Synonyms

          erode
          verb
          i-ˈrōd
          erod​ed; erod​ing

          Definition

          • transitive ​verb
          • to diminish or destroy by degrees:
            to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
            to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice //The flooding eroded the hillside.
            to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away //inflation eroding buying power
          • to produce or form by eroding //glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
          • intransitive ​verb
          • to undergo erosion //where the land has eroded away
          Other Words
          • erod​ibil​i​ty i-ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
          • erod​ible or less commonly erod​able i-ˈrō-də-bəl adjective
          Synonyms & Antonyms
          Synonyms
          bite (at) corrode eat fret gnaw nibble
          Examples
          • //Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
          • //The shoreline has eroded badly.
          First Known Use
          1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
          History and Etymology
          Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
          erode
          verb

          Synonyms & Antonyms

          -ess
          noun suffix

          Definition

          • female //giantess
          History and Etymology
          Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek
          eval​u​a​tion
          noun
          eval·​u·​a·​tion
          i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən -yü-ˈā-
          plural eval​u​a​tions

          Definition

          • the act or result of evaluating //a situation that requires careful evaluation determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone //What's your evaluation of her writing ability? //a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation //The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own." — Robert S. McNamara //Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … — Andrew J. Rotherham //As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests … — Jerome Groopman
          Synonyms & Antonyms
          Synonyms
          appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
          Examples
          • //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
          • //the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
          First Known Use
          circa 1622, in the meaning defined above
          evaluation
          noun

          Synonyms

          • an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
            Synonyms
            appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
            Related Words
            aperçu feeling impression notion perception
            confidence faith stock trust
            belief conviction mind persuasion sentiment view
            envelop
            verb

            Synonyms

            erode
            verb
            i-ˈrōd
            erod​ed; erod​ing

            Definition

            • transitive ​verb
            • to diminish or destroy by degrees:
              to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
              to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice //The flooding eroded the hillside.
              to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away //inflation eroding buying power
            • to produce or form by eroding //glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
            • intransitive ​verb
            • to undergo erosion //where the land has eroded away
            Other Words
            • erod​ibil​i​ty i-ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
            • erod​ible or less commonly erod​able i-ˈrō-də-bəl adjective
            Synonyms & Antonyms
            Synonyms
            bite (at) corrode eat fret gnaw nibble
            Examples
            • //Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
            • //The shoreline has eroded badly.
            First Known Use
            1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
            History and Etymology
            Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
            erode
            verb

            Synonyms & Antonyms

            -ess
            noun suffix

            Definition

            • female //giantess
            History and Etymology
            Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek
            eval​u​a​tion
            noun
            eval·​u·​a·​tion
            i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən -yü-ˈā-
            plural eval​u​a​tions

            Definition

            • the act or result of evaluating //a situation that requires careful evaluation determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone //What's your evaluation of her writing ability? //a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation //The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own." — Robert S. McNamara //Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … — Andrew J. Rotherham //As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests … — Jerome Groopman
            Synonyms & Antonyms
            Synonyms
            appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
            Examples
            • //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
            • //the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
            First Known Use
            circa 1622, in the meaning defined above
            evaluation
            noun

            Synonyms

            • an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
              Synonyms
              appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
              Related Words
              aperçu feeling impression notion perception
              confidence faith stock trust
              belief conviction mind persuasion sentiment view
              envelop
              verb

              Synonyms

              erode
              verb
              i-ˈrōd
              erod​ed; erod​ing

              Definition

              • transitive ​verb
              • to diminish or destroy by degrees:
                to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
                to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice //The flooding eroded the hillside.
                to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away //inflation eroding buying power
              • to produce or form by eroding //glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
              • intransitive ​verb
              • to undergo erosion //where the land has eroded away
              Other Words
              • erod​ibil​i​ty i-ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
              • erod​ible or less commonly erod​able i-ˈrō-də-bəl adjective
              Synonyms & Antonyms
              Synonyms
              bite (at) corrode eat fret gnaw nibble
              Examples
              • //Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
              • //The shoreline has eroded badly.
              First Known Use
              1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
              History and Etymology
              Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
              erode
              verb

              Synonyms & Antonyms

              -ess
              noun suffix

              Definition

              • female //giantess
              History and Etymology
              Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek
              eval​u​a​tion
              noun
              eval·​u·​a·​tion
              i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən -yü-ˈā-
              plural eval​u​a​tions

              Definition

              • the act or result of evaluating //a situation that requires careful evaluation determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone //What's your evaluation of her writing ability? //a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation //The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own." — Robert S. McNamara //Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … — Andrew J. Rotherham //As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests … — Jerome Groopman
              Synonyms & Antonyms
              Synonyms
              appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
              Examples
              • //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
              • //the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
              First Known Use
              circa 1622, in the meaning defined above
              evaluation
              noun

              Synonyms

              • an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
                Synonyms
                appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
                Related Words
                aperçu feeling impression notion perception
                confidence faith stock trust
                belief conviction mind persuasion sentiment view
                envelop
                verb

                Synonyms

                erode
                verb
                i-ˈrōd
                erod​ed; erod​ing

                Definition

                • transitive ​verb
                • to diminish or destroy by degrees:
                  to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
                  to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice //The flooding eroded the hillside.
                  to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away //inflation eroding buying power
                • to produce or form by eroding //glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
                • intransitive ​verb
                • to undergo erosion //where the land has eroded away
                Other Words
                • erod​ibil​i​ty i-ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
                • erod​ible or less commonly erod​able i-ˈrō-də-bəl adjective
                Synonyms & Antonyms
                Synonyms
                bite (at) corrode eat fret gnaw nibble
                Examples
                • //Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
                • //The shoreline has eroded badly.
                First Known Use
                1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
                History and Etymology
                Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
                erode
                verb

                Synonyms & Antonyms

                -ess
                noun suffix

                Definition

                • female //giantess
                History and Etymology
                Middle English -esse, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek
                eval​u​a​tion
                noun
                eval·​u·​a·​tion
                i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən -yü-ˈā-
                plural eval​u​a​tions

                Definition

                • the act or result of evaluating //a situation that requires careful evaluation determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone //What's your evaluation of her writing ability? //a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation //The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own." — Robert S. McNamara //Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … — Andrew J. Rotherham //As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests … — Jerome Groopman
                Synonyms & Antonyms
                Synonyms
                appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
                Examples
                • //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
                • //the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
                First Known Use
                circa 1622, in the meaning defined above
                evaluation
                noun

                Synonyms

                • an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something //what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
                  Synonyms
                  appraisal appraisement assessment estimate estimation fix judgment (or judgement) value judgment
                  Related Words
                  aperçu feeling impression notion perception
                  confidence faith stock trust
                  belief conviction mind persuasion sentiment view