verb
Freq #15220
Meanings
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1
verb
To judge or decide the value, quality, or importance of something after careful thought.
It will take months to evaluate the results of the survey.
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2
verb
To work out the value of a mathematical expression.
Evaluate the expression when x equals five.
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Word family
Forms
evaluatedevaluatesevaluating
Derived forms
coevaluateevaluableevaluatableevaluateeevaluativeevaluatorevaluatorymisevaluateoverevaluatere-evaluatereevaluateself-evaluate
Etymology
Back-formation from evaluation.