Dictionary

evaluate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈvaljʊeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• audio Maryland
• /ɪˈvæl.jəˌeɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ɪˈvæl.juˌeɪt/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Back-formation from evaluation.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
   • Death is a factor that changes all our views as we are forced to evaluate our worth and what ultimately matters in life. 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 151:
   • It will take several years to evaluate the material gathered in the survey.
2. (transitive) To compute or determine the value of (an expression).
   • Evaluate this integral.
3. (intransitive) To return or have a specific value.
   • Since element (15.1) evaluates to an element of the center in any alternative algebra, (15.1) has to evaluate to a scalar multiple of the identity element of the Cayley-Dickson algebra. 2006, Lev Sabinin, Larissa Sbitneva, Ivan Shestakov, Non-Associative Algebra and Its Applications, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 201:
   • In one type of such an integral, the integrand is only the probability density function, and the integral evaluates to a probability, which of course is a scalar. 2007, James E. Gentle, Matrix Algebra: Theory, Computations, and Applications in Statistics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 165:

Forms

Deriveds

self-evaluate · underevaluate · coevaluate · evaluatable · evaluatory · unevaluated · misevaluate · evaluative · evaluator · reevaluate · evaluable · overevaluate · re-evaluate · evaluatee

Synonyms

price · esteem · prize · rate · assess · apprise · esteem · judge · worthen · rate · evaluate · value · weigh · weigh · apprize · valuate · appraise · assess

Translations (47)

fi laskea (to compute or determine the value of) · eo taksi (to draw conclusions from by examining) · pl obliczyć (to compute or determine the value of) · mhr аклаш (to draw conclusions from by examining) · got 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to draw conclusions from by examining) · de ergeben (to have or return a given value) · ca avaluar (to draw conclusions from by examining) · pl zwartościować (to compute or determine the value of) · cs ohodnotit (to draw conclusions from by examining) · el αξιολογώ (to compute or determine the value of) · sv utvärdera (to compute or determine the value of) · fi evaluoida (to draw conclusions from by examining) · mi aromātai (to draw conclusions from by examining) · de evaluieren (to draw conclusions from by examining) · el αξιολογώ (to draw conclusions from by examining) · it valutare (to draw conclusions from by examining) · tr değerlendirmek (to draw conclusions from by examining) · es evaluar (to draw conclusions from by examining) · tl halgahan (to draw conclusions from by examining) · de auswerten (to draw conclusions from by examining) · hu kiértékel (to compute or determine the value of) · bg оценя́вам (to draw conclusions from by examining) · ja 評する (to draw conclusions from by examining) · io evaluar (to compute or determine the value of) · et hindama (to draw conclusions from by examining) · fi arvioida (to draw conclusions from by examining) · ga luacháil (to draw conclusions from by examining) · fr évaluer (to draw conclusions from by examining) · pl oceniać (to draw conclusions from by examining) · ca avaluar (to compute or determine the value of) · ru оцени́ть (to draw conclusions from by examining) · hu értékel (to draw conclusions from by examining) · ru оце́нивать (to draw conclusions from by examining) · el εκτιμώ (to draw conclusions from by examining) · cmn 評價 /评价 (to draw conclusions from by examining) · pl ocenić (to draw conclusions from by examining) · ru сделать вывод (to draw conclusions from by examining) · ko 평가하다 (to draw conclusions from by examining) · ltg īvērtēt (to draw conclusions from by examining) · de berechnen (to compute or determine the value of) · da evaluere (to draw conclusions from by examining) · sv evaluera (to draw conclusions from by examining) · io evaluar (to draw conclusions from by examining) · ru вычислить (to compute or determine the value of) · mhr аклаш (to compute or determine the value of) · pt avaliar (to draw conclusions from by examining) · hu kiértékel (to draw conclusions from by examining)