evaluate

[ ih-val-yoo-eyt ]

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verb (used with object),e·val·u·at·ed, e·val·u·at·ing.

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.).

Origin of evaluate

First recorded in 1835–45; back formation from evaluation

Other words for evaluate

1, 2	weigh, estimate, gauge, value

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Other words from evaluate

e·val·u·a·ble [ih-val-yoo-uh-buhl], /ɪˈvæl yu ə bəl/, adjective
e·val·u·a·tive, adjective
e·val·u·a·tor, noun
mis·e·val·u·ate, verb (used with object), mis·e·val·u·at·ed, mis·e·val·u·at·ing.
non·e·val·u·a·tive, adjective
re·e·val·u·ate, verb (used with object), re·e·val·u·at·ed, re·e·val·u·at·ing.
un·e·val·u·at·ed, adjective

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How to use evaluate in a sentence

In schools, this meant finding new ways to evaluate students—and hence their teachers.
Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck | Michael S. Roth | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Because these ingredients are so new, we need new methodologies just to evaluate them.
The Science of Ingredient Innovation | | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Now we can set up a scientifically well prepared study to evaluate the transfusions vs. improved care.
Blood Is Ebola’s Weapon and Weakness | Abby Haglage | October 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
DOJ and CDC numbers differ, and conviction rates are harder to evaluate.
The Myth of the Central Park Five | Edward Conlon | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
When asked to evaluate his own work, Leigh was a little more reticent.
Mike Leigh Is the Master Filmmaker Who Hates Hollywood | Nico Hines | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Here again the Committee was not engaged on a fact-finding mission, but was seeking to evaluate the evidence in a broad way.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
About the other's narrow hips was slung a belt from which hung pouches and tools the primitive colonist could not evaluate.
Star Born | Andre Norton
They will still have in common certain fundamental morphological features, but it will be difficult to know how to evaluate them.
Language | Edward Sapir
It is a question of judgment as to how you evaluate a given characteristic.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
There were several agent examiners available to evaluate this material.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for evaluate

evaluate

/ (ɪˈvæljʊˌeɪt) /

verb(tr)

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

Origin of evaluate

C19: back formation from evaluation, from French, from evaluer to evaluate; see value

Derived forms of evaluate

evaluation, noun
evaluator, noun

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