[syn: evaluate, pass judgment, judge]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Evaluate \E*val"u*ate\ ([-e]*v[a^]l"[-u]*[=a]t), v. t. [See
Evaluation.]
To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
evaluate
v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent,
or significance of; "I will have the family jewels
appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when
taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate,
assess, appraise, value]
2: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of
modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We
shouldn't pass judgment on other people" [syn: evaluate,
pass judgment, judge]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaluate":
appraise, appreciate, approximate, ascertain, assay, assess,
calculate, calibrate, caliper, call, catalog, categorize,
check a parameter, class, classify, compute, criticize, determine,
dial, divide, estimate, factor, fair-trade, fathom, figure,
form an estimate, gauge, give an appreciation, grade, graduate,
group, guess, identify, judge, make an estimation, mark, measure,
mensurate, mete, meter, pace, plumb, price, prize, probe, quantify,
quantize, quote a price, rank, rate, reckon, set at, sift, size,
size up, sort, sort out, sound, span, step, survey, take a reading,
thrash out, triangulate, valorize, valuate, value, weigh, winnow
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
EVALUATE
The COBOL85 keyword for a switch
statement.
(1997-06-10)