Evaluate definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

evaluate in American English · 1. to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise. to evaluate property · 2. to judge or determine the significance, worth, ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglishthoughvideo Videopronunciations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'evaluate'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× evaluate (ɪvæljueɪt ) Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tenseevaluates ,presentparticipleevaluating ,pasttense,pastparticipleevaluated verb Ifyouevaluatesomethingorsomeone,youconsidertheminordertomakeajudgmentaboutthem,forexampleabouthowgoodorbadtheyare. Theywillfirstsendintrainednursestoevaluatetheneedsoftheindividualsituation.[VERBnoun] Themarketsituationisdifficulttoevaluate.[VERBnoun] Synonyms:assess,rate,value,judge MoreSynonymsofevaluate evaluation(ɪvæljueɪʃən )Wordforms:pluralevaluations variablenoun...theopinionsandevaluationsofcollegesupervisors.[+of] Evaluationisstandardpracticeforalltrainingarrangedthroughtheschool. Synonyms:assessment,rating,judgment,calculation MoreSynonymsofevaluate COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof evaluate Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'evaluate' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'evaluate' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'biofuel' HindiTranslationof'evaluate' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency evaluateinBritishEnglish (ɪˈvæljʊˌeɪt ) verb(transitive)1. toascertainorsettheamountorvalueof 2. tojudgeorassesstheworthof;appraise 3. mathematics,logic todeterminetheuniquememberoftherangeofafunctioncorrespondingtoagivenmemberofitsdomain CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsevaluation(eˌvaluˈation)noun evaluator(eˈvaluˌator)noun WordoriginC19:backformationfromevaluation,fromFrench,fromevaluertoevaluate;seevalue WordFrequency evaluateinAmericanEnglish (iˈvæljuˌeɪt ;ɪˈvæljuˌeɪt ) verbtransitiveWordforms:eˈvaluˌatedoreˈvaluˌating1.  tofindthevalueoramountof 2.  tojudgeordeterminetheworthorqualityof;appraise 3. AncientMathematics tofindthenumericalvalueof;expressinnumbers SIMILARWORDS: ˈestiˌmate Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsevaluative(eˈvaluˌative) adjective evaluator(eˈvaluˌator) noun Wordoriginback-form.