evaluation
NounUS[ih-val-yoo-ey-shuhn]/ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən/5 syllablesalso [ee-val-yoo-ey-shuhn] /iˌvæljuˈeɪʃən/
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)evaluations
- act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth ofSynonyms: ratingType of judgment, judgementKinds marking, grading
- an appraisal of the value of something“he set a high valuation on friendship”Synonyms: valuationratingType of appraisal, assessmentKinds mark, pricing, reevaluation, undervaluation, ex-post evaluation, overvaluation, bond rating, ongoing evaluation, ex-ante evaluation
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Translations
Noun assessment, appraisal
- Spanish
- evaluación
- French
- évaluation
- German
- Beurteilung
- Italian
- valutazione
- Portuguese
- avaliação
- Russian
- оце́нивание océnivanije
- Arabic
- تَقْيِيم taqyīm
- Chinese
- 评价 píngjià
- Japanese
- 評価 hyōka
- Dutch
- evaluatie
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
E·val′u·a′tion noun
Origin: Cf. F. évaluation, LL. evaluatio.
Valuation; appraisement. John Stuart Mill
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
evaluation
<programming> 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)