eval

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US/ˈiː.væl//ˈiːvəl/

verb

To evaluate (or execute) source code held in a string during run time.

OriginLatin aevum →
CommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

eval1

nouneval (plural evals)

plural evals

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of evaluation.

    Scans are unable to determine subject's [Gandrayda's] age, but psych eval suggests a high degree of youthfulness.

    2007 August 27, Retro Studios, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (via Metroid Prime Trilogy, released 2009 August 24), Nintendo, Wii, Data Storage A, "Hunter Gandrayda" scan
    1 more example

    Both of their evals suggested good upbringings, though the interviewer couldn't get much out of Swartzkoff concerning his home life.

    2014, Robin Geesman, Under Lock and Key: The Zone
verbeval (third-person singular simple present evals, present participle (US) evaling or (UK) evalling, simple past and past participle (US) evaled or (UK) evalled)

present singular third person evals · US participle present evaling · UK participle present evalling · US participle past evaled · US past evaled · UK participle past evalled · UK past evalled

  1. computingTo evaluate (or execute) source code held in a string during run time.

    Of course, it's quite pointless to eval a piece of code that you know at compile time ...

    1997, Sriram Srinivasan, Andy Oram, Steve Talbott, Advanced Perl Programming

eval2

adjectiveeval (not comparable)

alternative aeval

  1. not comparableobsoleteRelating to time or duration.

Origin

  1. Latinaevum“lifetime, age, eternity”
  2. Englisheval

Derived from Latin aevum (“lifetime, age, eternity”) + -al.

More words from Latin

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

evil (some accents)

Anagrams

valevealvelalevalaveavel
Cite this entry
APA

eval. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eval

MLA

“eval.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eval. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eval,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eval.

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