Evaluate Definition

ĭ-vălyo͝o-āt

evaluated, evaluates, evaluating

verb

evaluated, evaluates, evaluating

To find the value or amount of.

Webster's New World

To judge or determine the worth or quality of; appraise.

Webster's New World

To find the numerical value of; express in numbers.

Webster's New World

To draw conclusions from examining; to assess.

It will take several years to evaluate the material gathered in the survey.

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Origin of Evaluate

Back-formation from evaluation from French évaluation from Old French from evaluer to evaluate e- out (from Latin ē-, ex- ex–) value value value

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Backformation from evaluation.

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