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e·val·u·ate
(ĭ-văl′yo͞o-āt′)tr.v. e·val·u·at·ed, e·val·u·at·ing, e·val·u·ates
1. To ascertain or fix the value or amount of: evaluate the damage from the flood.
2. To determine the importance, effectiveness, or worth of; assess: evaluate teacher performance. See Synonyms at estimate.
3. Mathematics To calculate the numerical value of; express numerically.
[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.]
e·val′u·a′tion n.
e·val′u·a·tive adj.
e·val′u·a·tor n.
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e•val•u•a•tion
(ɪˌvæl yuˈeɪ ʃən)n.
1. an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
2. a diagnosis or diagnostic study of a physical or mental condition.
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evaluation
In intelligence usage, appraisal of an item of information in terms of credibility, reliability, pertinence, and accuracy.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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| Noun | 1. |  evaluation - act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth ofjudgment, assessment, judgement - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" |
| 2. |  evaluation - an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship"appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth overvaluation - too high a value or price assigned to something undervaluation - too low a value or price assigned to something pricing - the evaluation of something in terms of its price reevaluation - the evaluation of something a second time (or more) mark, score, grade - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" bond rating - an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default; "the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA" |
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evaluation
noun assessment, rating, judgment, calculation, valuation, appraisal, estimation Evaluation is standard practice for the training course.
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evaluation
nounThe act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone:
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Translations
تَقْدير، تَثْمين
evaluering
BewertungEvaluierung
értékbecslés
mat; útreikningur
ocenenie
değerlendirmehesaplama
evaluation
[ɪˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən] N1. [of value] → valoración f, cálculo m
2. [of evidence etc] → evaluación f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
evaluation
[ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən] n (= assessment) [work, knowledge] → évaluation f; [record, achievement] → évaluation fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
evaluation
n (of house, painting, worth etc) → Schätzung f; (of damages) → Festsetzung f; (of situation, chances, effectiveness, usefulness) → Einschätzung f, → Beurteilung f; (of evidence, results) → Auswertung f; (of pros and cons) → Abwägung f; (of contribution, achievement, work, performance) → Beurteilung f; (Med: of patient) → Untersuchung (und Diagnosestellung) f; in my evaluation → nach meiner Schätzung; on evaluation of the evidence it became clear that … → die Auswertung or Sichtung des Beweismaterials machte klar, dass …
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
evaluate
(iˈvӕljueit) verb1. to form an idea of the worth of. It is difficult to evaluate him as a writer.
2. to work out the numerical value of. If x = 1 and y = 2 we can evaluate x2 + y2.
eˌvaluˈation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
e·val·u·a·tion
n. evaluación, consideración del estado de salud mental y físico de una persona enferma o sana.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
evaluation
n evaluación f, valoración fEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.