evaluation

[ ih-val-yoo-ey-shuh n ]

/ ɪˌvæl yuˈeɪ ʃən /

an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.

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

Nearby words

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

mis·e·val·u·a·tion, nounnon·e·val·u·a·tion, nouno·ver·e·val·u·a·tion, nounre·e·val·u·a·tion, noun

self-e·val·u·a·tion, noun

“Edwin Morris Kocurek is a hard-working and loyal employee,” said his first evaluation, obtained through an open-records request.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In his 2010 evaluation, Wright was praised for “excellent knowledge of RRC rules, regulations and policies.”
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What constitutes “good” art in these multiple vectors of evaluation?
Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art|Jay Michaelson|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While the pilot itself was a success, the evaluation uncovered a major problem.
To End HIV, Stop Violence Against Adolescent Girls|Michele Moloney-Kitts|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.
7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance|The Daily Beast|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its rules are applied to forms of human interaction and evaluation that are not reducible to self-constitution in language.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Self-evaluation and evaluation by others in the process of defining and achieving goals of common interest are quite distinct.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Through the evaluation of sucking we become acquainted with two decisive characteristics of infantile sexuality.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud
It is an immediate consciousness of personality, any evaluation of which carries some emotion, joy or sorrow, shame or exaltation.
Creative Unity|Rabindranath Tagore
And this entered into your evaluation at the time, the fact that he was not a member of the Communist Party?
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy