evaluate

evaluate
evaluate e‧val‧u‧ate [ɪˈvæljueɪt] verb [transitive]
to carefully consider something to see how useful or valuable it is:

• We need to evaluate the success of our last marketing campaign.

— evaluation noun [countable, uncountable] :

• the development and evaluation of new products

• We need to carry out a proper evaluation of the new system.

• According to his performance evaluation, his work was always satisfactory.

• There are many people who think that job evaluation is unnecessary.

* * *

evaluate UK US /ɪˈvæljueɪt/ verb [T]
to judge the quality, importance, amount, or value of someone or something: evaluate sb on sth »

Employees will be evaluated on their performance, attendance, and team skills.

evaluate sth's/sb's effectiveness/impact/performance »

The research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the training programme.

Compare RE-EVALUATE(Cf. ↑re-evaluate)
evaluative /ɪˈvæljuətɪv/ US  /-eɪṱɪv/ adjective FORMAL
»

The questionnaires may be used for evaluative purposes.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • evaluate — I verb appraise, ascertain the amount of, assess, calculate, class, criticize, determine the worth of, estimate, express an opinion, figure costs, find the value of, form an opinion, gauge, give an estimate, give an opinion, judge, measure, place …   Law dictionary

  • Evaluate — E*val u*ate ([ e]*v[a^]l [ u]*[=a]t), v. t. [See {Evaluation}.] To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • evaluate — 1842, from Fr. évaluer or else a back formation from EVALUATION (Cf. evaluation). Originally in mathematics. Related: Evaluated; evaluating …   Etymology dictionary

  • evaluate — appraise, value, rate, assess, assay, estimate Analogous words: *judge, adjudge: Criticize …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • evaluate — [v] judge appraise, assay, assess, calculate, check, check out, class, classify, criticize, decide, estimate, figure out, fiture, gauge, grade, guesstimate*, look over, peg*, price out, rank, rate, read, reckon, set at, size, size up*, survey,… …   New thesaurus

  • evaluate — ► VERB 1) form an idea of the amount or value of; assess. 2) Mathematics find a numerical expression or equivalent for (a formula, function, etc.). DERIVATIVES evaluation noun evaluative adjective evaluator noun …   English terms dictionary

  • evaluate — [ē val′yo͞o āt΄, ival′yo͞o āt΄] vt. evaluated, evaluating [back form. < EVALUATION] 1. to find the value or amount of 2. to judge or determine the worth or quality of; appraise 3. Math. to find the numerical value of; express in numbers SYN.… …   English World dictionary

  • evaluate — 01. It will take us a few days to fully [evaluate] your proficiency in English. 02. Your grammar test is only part of the [evaluation] done in order to place you in the right level. 03. It is difficult to [evaluate] the effectiveness of the… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • evaluate — verb ADVERB ▪ effectively (esp. AmE), fully, properly, thoroughly ▪ carefully, rigorously, systematically ▪ The evidence should be carefully evaluated …   Collocations dictionary

  • evaluate — e|val|u|ate [ıˈvæljueıt] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: evaluation] to judge how good, useful, or successful something is = ↑assess ▪ You should be able to evaluate your own work. ▪ We need to evaluate the success of the campaign. ▪ It can be… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”