[syn: evaluation, valuation, rating]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Evaluation \E*val`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]valuation, LL.
evaluatio.]
Valuation; appraisement. --J. S. Mill.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
evaluation
n 1: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn:
evaluation, rating]
2: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high
valuation on friendship" [syn: evaluation, valuation,
rating]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaluation":
analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation,
apprizal, approximation, assessing, assessment, assize, assizement,
calculation, categorization, classification, computation,
correction, decision, determination, dual pricing, estimate,
estimation, evaluating, evaluative criticism, factoring, figuring,
gauging, grouping, identification, instrumentation, interpretation,
judgement, judging, judgment, measure, measurement, measuring,
mensuration, metric system, opinion, price determination, pricing,
quantification, quantization, ranking, rating, reckoning, sifting,
sifting out, sorting, sorting out, stock, survey, surveying,
telemetering, telemetry, triangulation, unit pricing, valuation,
valuing, view, weighing, winnowing
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
evaluation
1. Converting an expression into a value using
some reduction strategy.
2. The process of examining a system or system component to
determine the extent to which specified properties are
present.
(1996-05-13)