Meanings
present singular third person evaluates · participle present evaluating · participle past evaluated · past evaluated
- transitiveTo draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
It will take several years to evaluate the material gathered in the survey.
1 more example
Death is a factor that changes all our views as we are forced to evaluate our worth and what ultimately matters in life.
2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 151Synonyms: assess, esteem, rate, appraise, apprise, apprize, assess, esteem
- intransitivecomputingTo return or have a specific value.
In one type of such an integral, the integrand is only the probability density function, and the integral evaluates to a probability, which of course is a scalar.
2007, James E. Gentle, Matrix Algebra: Theory, Computations, and Applications in Statistics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 1651 more example
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.
2006, Lev Sabinin, Larissa Sbitneva, Ivan Shestakov, Non-Associative Algebra and Its Applications, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 201
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
More synonyms by meaning
verbevaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from evaluation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian оценя́вам
- оценя́вам (ocenjávam)to draw conclusions from by examining
Catalan avaluar, avaluar
- avaluarto draw conclusions from by examining
- avaluarto compute or determine the value of
Chinese Mandarin 評價 /评价
- 評價 /评价 (píngjià)to draw conclusions from by examining
Czech ohodnotit
- ohodnotitto draw conclusions from by examining
Danish evaluere
- evaluereto draw conclusions from by examining
Esperanto taksi
- taksito draw conclusions from by examining
Estonian hindama
- hindamato draw conclusions from by examining
Finnish arvioida, evaluoida
- arvioidato draw conclusions from by examining
- evaluoidato draw conclusions from by examining
- laskeato compute or determine the value of
French évaluer
- évaluerto draw conclusions from by examining
German evaluieren, auswerten
- evaluierento draw conclusions from by examining
- auswertento draw conclusions from by examining
- berechnento compute or determine the value of
- ergebento have or return a given value
Greek αξιολογώ, εκτιμώ
- αξιολογώ (axiologó)to draw conclusions from by examining
- εκτιμώ (ektimó)to draw conclusions from by examining
- αξιολογώ (axiologó)to compute or determine the value of
Hungarian értékel, kiértékel
- értékelto draw conclusions from by examining
- kiértékelto draw conclusions from by examining
- kiértékelto compute or determine the value of
Irish luacháil
- luacháilto draw conclusions from by examining
Italian valutare
- valutareto draw conclusions from by examining
Japanese 評する
- 評する (hyō-suru)to draw conclusions from by examining
Korean 평가하다
- 평가하다 (pyeongga-hada)to draw conclusions from by examining
Māori aromātai
- aromātaito draw conclusions from by examining
Polish oceniać, ocenić
- oceniaćto draw conclusions from by examining
- ocenićto draw conclusions from by examining
- obliczyćto compute or determine the value of
- zwartościowaćto compute or determine the value of
Portuguese avaliar
- avaliarto draw conclusions from by examining
Russian оце́нивать, оцени́ть
- оце́нивать (océnivatʹ)to draw conclusions from by examining
- оцени́ть (ocenítʹ)to draw conclusions from by examining
- сделать вывод (sdelatʹ vyvod)to draw conclusions from by examining
- вычислить (vyčislitʹ)to compute or determine the value of
Spanish evaluar
- evaluarto draw conclusions from by examining
Swedish evaluera, utvärdera
- evaluerato draw conclusions from by examining
- utvärderato compute or determine the value of
Tagalog halgahan
- halgahanto draw conclusions from by examining
Turkish değerlendirmek
- değerlendirmekto draw conclusions from by examining
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with evaluate
Cite this entry
evaluate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaluate
“evaluate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaluate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evaluate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaluate.
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