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evaluation

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Determination of the value of a variable or expression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rating

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: judgment, judgement, assessment

Narrower terms: marking, grading, scoring

5

noun

Meaning 5

an appraisal of the value of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he set a high valuation on friendship

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: valuation, rating

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: appraisal, assessment

Narrower terms: overvaluation, undervaluation, pricing, reevaluation, mark, grade, score, bond rating

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَقْيِيم (taqyīm) — assessment
  • Arabic: تَقْدِير (taqdīr) — assessment
  • Belarusian: ацэ́нка (acénka) — assessment
  • Belarusian: ацэ́ньванне (acénʹvannje) — assessment
  • Belarusian: ацэ́ньваньне (acénʹvanʹnje) — assessment
  • Bulgarian: оценя́ване (ocenjávane) — assessment
  • Bulgarian: оце́нка (océnka) — assessment
  • Carpathian Rusyn: оцїненя (ocjinenja) — assessment
  • Carpathian Rusyn: оцїнка (ocjinka) — assessment
  • Catalan: avaluació — assessment
  • Catalan: apreciació — assessment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 評價 /评价 (píngjià) — assessment
  • Czech: hodnocení — assessment
  • Danish: evaluering — assessment
  • Danish: vurdering — assessment
  • Dutch: beoordeling — assessment
  • Dutch: evaluatie — assessment
  • Finnish: arviointi — assessment
  • Finnish: evaluointi — assessment
  • French: évaluation — assessment
  • Galician: avaliación — assessment
  • German: Beurteilung — assessment
  • Hindi: मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan) — assessment
  • Hungarian: értékelés — assessment
  • Indonesian: evaluasi — assessment
  • Italian: valutazione — assessment
  • Japanese: 評価 (hyōka) — assessment
  • Korean: 평가 (pyeongga) — assessment
  • Latgalian: īviertiejums — assessment
  • Latin: taxātiō — assessment
  • Macedonian: оценка (ocenka) — assessment
  • Maltese: evalwazzjoni — assessment
  • Māori: arotakenga — assessment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: evaluering — assessment
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: evaluering — assessment
  • Iranian Persian: اَرْزْیابی (arzyâbi) — assessment
  • Iranian Persian: اَرْزِشْیابی (arzešyâbi) — assessment
  • Iranian Persian: سَنْجِش (sanješ) — assessment
  • Iranian Persian: تَقْدیرْ (taġdir) — assessment
  • Polish: ocena — assessment
  • Portuguese: avaliação — assessment
  • Romanian: evaluație — assessment
  • Russian: оце́нка (océnka) — assessment
  • Russian: оце́нивание (océnivanije) — assessment
  • Slovak: hodnotenie — assessment
  • Slovene: ocena — assessment
  • Slovene: ovrednotenje — assessment
  • Spanish: evaluación — assessment
  • Swedish: bedömning — assessment
  • Swedish: utvärdering — assessment
  • Turkish: değerlendirme — assessment
  • Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر (takdir) — assessment
  • Ukrainian: оці́нка (ocínka) — assessment
  • Ukrainian: оці́нювання (ocínjuvannja) — assessment
  • Yakut: сыана (sïana) — assessment
  • Yakut: сыаналааһын (sïanalaahïn) — assessment
  • Bulgarian: изчисле́ние (izčislénie) — completion of a mathematical operation
  • Danish: bedømmelse — completion of a mathematical operation
  • Finnish: evaluaatio — completion of a mathematical operation
  • German: Auswertung (von Messdaten) — completion of a mathematical operation
  • Hindi: मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan) — completion of a mathematical operation
  • Hungarian: kiértékelés — completion of a mathematical operation
  • Polish: wykonanie — completion of a mathematical operation
  • Polish: realizacja — completion of a mathematical operation
  • Tagalog: paghahalga — completion of a mathematical operation
  • Finnish: evaluaatio — substitution of a variable with its value
  • German: Auswertung — substitution of a variable with its value
  • Hungarian: kiértékelés — substitution of a variable with its value
  • Iranian Persian: اَرْزْیابی (arzyâbi) — substitution of a variable with its value
  • Polish: ewaluacja — substitution of a variable with its value
  • Polish: wartościowanie — substitution of a variable with its value
Real reading context

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