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Webster 1913 Edition

Evaluation

E-valˊu-a′tion

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

évaluation

, LL.

evaluatio

.]

Valuation; appraisement.

J. S. Mill.

Definition 2024

evaluation

evaluation

See also: évaluation

English

Noun

evaluation ‎(plural evaluations)

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.
(mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
(computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.

Derived terms

function-evaluation routine
lazy evaluation
McCarthy evaluation
minimal evaluation
short-circuit evaluation

Translations

assessment

Bulgarian: оценяване (bg) n ‎(ocenjavane), оценка (bg) f ‎(ocenka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 評價 (zh), 评价 (zh) ‎(píngjià)
Dutch: beoordeling (nl) f, evaluatie (nl) f
Finnish: arviointi, evaluointi (fi)
French: évaluation (fr) f
German: Beurteilung (de) f
Hungarian: értékelés (hu)
Italian: valutazione (it) f
Japanese: 評価 (ja) ‎(ひょうか, hyōka)
Maltese: evalwazzjoni f

Norwegian:

Bokmål: evaluering (no) m, f

Nynorsk: evaluering f
Persian: ارزیابی (fa) ‎(arzyâbi), ارزشیابی (fa) ‎(arzešyâbi), سنجش (fa) ‎(sanješ)
Polish: ocena (pl) f
Portuguese: avaliação (pt) f, avaliar (pt)
Russian: оце́нка (ru) f ‎(océnka), оце́нивание (ru) n ‎(océnivanije)
Slovene: ocena (sl) f, ovrednotenje n
Spanish: evaluación (es) f
Swedish: bedömning (sv) c, utvärdering (sv) c
Turkish: değerlendirme (tr)

completion of a mathematic operation

Bulgarian: изчисление (bg) n ‎(izčislenie)
Finnish: evaluaatio
Hungarian: kiértékelés (hu)

Polish: ewaluacja (pl) f, wartościowanie n
Tagalog: paghahalga

substitution of a variable with its value

Finnish: evaluaatio

Persian: ارزیابی (fa) ‎(arzyâbi)
Hungarian: kiértékelés (hu)

See also