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evaluate
[ ih-val-yoo-eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise:
to evaluate property.
- to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of; assess:
to evaluate the results of an experiment.
- Mathematics. to determine or calculate the numerical value of (a formula, function, relation, etc.).
evaluate
/ ɪˈvæljʊˌeɪt /
verb
- to ascertain or set the amount or value of
- to judge or assess the worth of; appraise
- maths logic to determine the unique member of the range of a function corresponding to a given member of its domain
Derived Forms
- eˈvaluˌator, noun
- eˌvaluˈation, noun
Other Words From
- e·val·u·a·ble [ih-, val, -yoo-, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- e·valu·ative adjective
- e·valu·ator noun
- mise·valu·ate verb (used with object) misevaluated misevaluating
- none·valu·ative adjective
- ree·valu·ate verb (used with object) reevaluated reevaluating
- une·valu·ated adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of evaluate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of evaluate1
Example Sentences
In schools, this meant finding new ways to evaluate students—and hence their teachers.
Because these ingredients are so new, we need new methodologies just to evaluate them.
Now we can set up a scientifically well prepared study to evaluate the transfusions vs. improved care.
DOJ and CDC numbers differ, and conviction rates are harder to evaluate.
When asked to evaluate his own work, Leigh was a little more reticent.
Here again the Committee was not engaged on a fact-finding mission, but was seeking to evaluate the evidence in a broad way.
About the other's narrow hips was slung a belt from which hung pouches and tools the primitive colonist could not evaluate.
They will still have in common certain fundamental morphological features, but it will be difficult to know how to evaluate them.
It is a question of judgment as to how you evaluate a given characteristic.
There were several agent examiners available to evaluate this material.
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