evaluate
to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of; assess: to evaluate the results of an experiment.
Mathematics. to determine or calculate the numerical value of (a formula, function, relation, etc.).
Origin of evaluate
1Other words for evaluate
Other words from evaluate
- e·val·u·a·ble [ih-val-yoo-uh-buhl], /ɪˈvæl yu ə bəl/, adjective
- e·val·u·a·tive, adjective
- e·val·u·a·tor, noun
- mis·e·val·u·ate, verb (used with object), mis·e·val·u·at·ed, mis·e·val·u·at·ing.
- non·e·val·u·a·tive, adjective
- re·e·val·u·ate, verb (used with object), re·e·val·u·at·ed, re·e·val·u·at·ing.
- un·e·val·u·at·ed, adjective
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How to use evaluate in a sentence
It could have been an intelligence-evaluator, or an enemy-intentions predictor, but it seemed small even for that.
The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for evaluate
/ (ɪˈvæljʊˌeɪt) /
to ascertain or set the amount or value of
to judge or assess the worth of; appraise
maths logic to determine the unique member of the range of a function corresponding to a given member of its domain
Origin of evaluate
1Derived forms of evaluate
- evaluation, noun
- evaluator, noun
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