evaluation
n. C / Un. a careful study of something to decide how good, useful, or successful it is. You do this to see if a plan worked or if a person is doing a good job.
n. the process of judging or calculating the quality, importance, amount, or value of something. Often involves a systematic comparison against a set of standards or objectives.
The teacher gave me a positive evaluation of my final project.
The company conducts a formal performance evaluation for every employee at the end of the fiscal year.
A comprehensive evaluation of the new software revealed several critical security vulnerabilities that had been overlooked during the initial development phase.
From French évaluation. By surface analysis, evaluate + -ion.
Uncountable when referring to the abstract process; countable when referring to a specific report or instance of judging.