evaluation
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.
Example
“The result of the semestral evaluation will go towards your final score.”
Other meanings
A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
Synonyms
- rating
Related words
- bioevaluation
- nonevaluation
- overevaluation
- evaluational
- function-evaluation routine
- lazy evaluation
- McCarthy evaluation
- minimal evaluation
- misevaluation
- reevaluation
- short-circuit evaluation
- partial evaluation
Word history
From French "évaluation".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “evaluation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.