evaluation
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
the act of judging how well someone is doing or how good a project is.
the systematic assessment of a person's performance, a project's effectiveness, or a situation's status.
Simple“The manager gave me a positive evaluation during my annual performance review.”
In context“The committee's thorough evaluation of the pilot programme revealed several structural flaws that had been overlooked during the initial planning phase.”
UsageOften used with the verbs 'carry out', 'conduct', or 'undergo'.
Synonyms - 02 C1 Advanced
the process of finding a numerical value or solving a mathematical problem.
the determination of the value of a mathematical expression or a variable.
Simple“The evaluation of the formula became much easier once we knew the value of X.”
In context“The software performs a real-time evaluation of complex algorithms to ensure the data remains accurate during high-speed processing.”
UsageCommonly used in mathematics and computer science to describe the execution of code or formulas.
Synonyms
Usage critical evaluation · evaluation outweigh · require evaluation
From French évaluation. By surface analysis, evaluate + -ion.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.