Evaluate

//ɨˈvaljʊeɪt// verb

verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise. transitive

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

  2. 2
    form a critical opinion of wordnet
  3. 3
    To compute or determine the value of (an expression). transitive

    "Evaluate this integral."

  4. 4
    evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of wordnet
  5. 5
    To return or have a specific value. intransitive

    "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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
appraiseassessjudgejudgemeasurevaluate

Example

More examples

"There are many things which we cannot evaluate in terms of money."

Etymology

Back-formation from evaluation.

Related phrases

re-evaluateself-evaluate

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