evaluation

[ih-val-yoo-ey-shuhn]

noun

1. an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.

2. (especially in medicine) a diagnosis or diagnostic study of a physical or mental condition.

Other Word Forms

• misevaluation noun
• nonevaluation noun
• overevaluation noun
• reevaluation noun
• self-evaluation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of evaluation¹

From the French word évaluation, dating back to 1745–55. See e- ¹, valuation

Example Sentences

The judges made an initial selection of the most outstanding cheeses before a second and then a final evaluation by a "super jury" of judges from 14 different countries.

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In a second step—a modern version of the Cold War era’s draft selection system—men will have to report to a military career center for evaluation, regardless of whether they wish to serve.

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A separate study published by Harvard this spring, however, found that course difficulty and grades had a minimal effect on the scores students gave instructors on evaluations.

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Food and Drug Administration has granted TAR-200 a New Drug Application Priority Review, which allows the agency to expedite its evaluation.

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Each review was carefully assessed for bias using recognized evaluation tools, and the researchers rated their confidence in the findings as high, moderate, low, or critically low.

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Related Words

• appraisal 
• assessment 
• calculation 
• decision 
• interpretation 
• opinion