evaluation

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/ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/

noun

An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.

“The result of the semestral evaluation will go towards your final score.”

Very commonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounevaluation (countable and uncountable, plural evaluations)

plural evaluations

  1. countableuncountableAn assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.

    The result of the semestral evaluation will go towards your final score.

    Synonyms: appraisal

  2. countableuncountablemathematicsA completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
  3. countableuncountablecomputingDetermination of the value of a variable or expression.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nounact of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

Similar

nounan appraisal of the value of something

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchévaluation
  2. Englishevaluation

From French évaluation. By surface analysis, evaluate + -ion.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic تَقْيِيم, تَقْدِير
  • تَقْيِيم (taqyīm)assessment
  • تَقْدِير (taqdīr)assessment
Bulgarian оценя́ване, оце́нка
  • оценя́ване (ocenjávane)assessment
  • оце́нка (océnka)assessment
  • изчисле́ние (izčislénie)completion of a mathematical operation
Catalan avaluació, apreciació
  • avaluacióassessment
  • apreciacióassessment
Chinese Mandarin 評價 /评价
  • 評價 /评价 (píngjià)assessment
Czech hodnocení
  • hodnoceníassessment
Danish evaluering, vurdering
  • evalueringassessment
  • vurderingassessment
  • bedømmelsecompletion of a mathematical operation
Dutch beoordeling, evaluatie
  • beoordelingassessment
  • evaluatieassessment
Finnish arviointi, evaluointi
  • arviointiassessment
  • evaluointiassessment
  • evaluaatiocompletion of a mathematical operation
  • evaluaatiosubstitution of a variable with its value
French évaluation
  • évaluationassessment
German Beurteilung, Auswertung (von Messdaten)
  • Beurteilungassessment
  • Auswertung (von Messdaten)completion of a mathematical operation
  • Auswertungsubstitution of a variable with its value
Hindi मूल्यांकन, मूल्यांकन
  • मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan)assessment
  • मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan)completion of a mathematical operation
Hungarian értékelés, kiértékelés
  • értékelésassessment
  • kiértékeléscompletion of a mathematical operation
  • kiértékeléssubstitution of a variable with its value
Indonesian evaluasi
  • evaluasiassessment
Italian valutazione
  • valutazioneassessment
Japanese 評価
  • 評価 (hyōka)assessment
Korean 평가
  • 평가 (pyeongga)assessment
Latin taxātiō
  • taxātiōassessment
Māori arotakenga
  • arotakengaassessment
Norwegian Bokmål evaluering
  • evalueringassessment
Polish ocena, wykonanie
  • ocenaassessment
  • wykonaniecompletion of a mathematical operation
  • realizacjacompletion of a mathematical operation
  • ewaluacjasubstitution of a variable with its value
  • wartościowaniesubstitution of a variable with its value
Portuguese avaliação
  • avaliaçãoassessment
Romanian evaluație
  • evaluațieassessment
Russian оце́нка, оце́нивание
  • оце́нка (océnka)assessment
  • оце́нивание (océnivanije)assessment
Slovak hodnotenie
  • hodnotenieassessment
Spanish evaluación
  • evaluaciónassessment
Swedish bedömning, utvärdering
  • bedömningassessment
  • utvärderingassessment
Tagalog paghahalga
  • paghahalgacompletion of a mathematical operation
Turkish değerlendirme
  • değerlendirmeassessment
Ukrainian оці́нка, оці́нювання
  • оці́нка (ocínka)assessment
  • оці́нювання (ocínjuvannja)assessment

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

evaluation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaluation

MLA

“evaluation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaluation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evaluation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaluation.

Source: evaluation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.