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evaluate - 4 dictionary results

e⋅val⋅u⋅ate

[i-val-yoo-eyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
2. to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of; assess: to evaluate the results of an experiment.
3. Mathematics. to ascertain the numerical value of (a function, relation, etc.).

Origin:
1835–45; back formation from evaluation


e⋅val⋅u⋅a⋅ble [i-val-yoo-uh-buhl] , adjective
e⋅val⋅u⋅a⋅tive, adjective
e⋅val⋅u⋅a⋅tor, noun


1, 2. weigh, estimate, gauge, value.
e·val·u·ate   (ĭ-vāl'yōō-āt')   
tr.v.   e·val·u·at·ed, e·val·u·at·ing, e·val·u·ates
  1. To ascertain or fix the value or worth of.
  2. To examine and judge carefully; appraise. See Synonyms at estimate.
  3. Mathematics To calculate the numerical value of; express numerically.

[Back-formation from evaluation, from French évaluation, from Old French, from evaluer, to evaluate : e-, out (from Latin ē-, ex-; see ex-) + value, value; see value.]
e·val'u·a'tion n., e·val'u·a·tive adj., e·val'u·a·tor n.

Evaluate

E*val"u*ate\, v. t. [See Evaluation.] To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
Language Translation for : evaluate
Spanish: valorar, evaluar,
German: bewerten,
Japanese: 評価する

EVALUATE programming
The COBOL85 keyword for a switch statement.
(1997-06-10)

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