transitive verb
-·at·ed, -·at·ing- to find the value or amount of
- to judge or determine the worth or quality of; appraise
- Math. to find the numerical value of; express in numbers
Origin of evaluate
back-formation from evaluation
A woman evaluates a gemstone to determine it's value.
To evaluate is defined as to judge the value or worth of someone or something.
An example of evaluate is when a teacher reviews a paper in order to give it a grade.
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transitive verb
e·val·u·at·ed, e·val·u·at·ing, e·val·u·ates- To ascertain or fix the value or amount of: evaluate the damage from the flood.
- To determine the importance, effectiveness, or worth of; assess: evaluate teacher performance. See Synonyms at estimate.
- Mathematics To calculate the numerical value of; express numerically.
Origin of evaluate
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 .Related Forms:
- e·val′u·a′tion
noun
- e·val′u·a·tive
adjective
- e·val′u·a·tor
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present evaluates, present participle evaluating, simple past and past participle evaluated)
Origin
Backformation from evaluation.
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Sentence Examples
- He stopped to evaluate the gilded ornaments.
- The plan you create will help to break down and evaluate all the economic factors that will have an impact on your business and will provide you with a view of how you will overcome these economic factors to make your business a success.
- Various days of camp are slightly different; the first few days of camp focus more on learning dance team routines, while the last few days of camp provide opportunities to evaluate each team performing the routines learned early in camp.
- In looking for weekly Gemini romance horoscopes, it is necessary to evaluate which stage the particular Gemini is in - immature or mature - before you can accurately find a horoscope weekly reading that speaks to that particular stage.
- Powers and Associates showed that consumers only gave 773 of the available 1,000 points to customer satisfaction when they were asked to evaluate the price, offerings and service aspects of their current homeowners insurance provider.
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Words near evaluate in the dictionary
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