evaluate
verbUK /ɪˈvaljʊeɪt/ · CA, US /ɪˈvæl.juˌeɪt/
Etymology Back-formation from evaluation.
1
To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
- It will take several years to evaluate the material gathered in the survey.
- Death is a factor that changes all our views as we are forced to evaluate our worth and what ultimately matters in life.2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 151:
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To compute or determine the value of (an expression).
- Evaluate this integral.
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To return or have a specific value.
- Since element (15.1) evaluates to an element of the center in any alternative algebra, (15.1) has to evaluate to a scalar multiple of the identity element of the Cayley-Dickson algebra.2006, Lev Sabinin, Larissa Sbitneva, Ivan Shestakov, Non-Associative Algebra and Its Applications, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 201:
- In one type of such an integral, the integrand is only the probability density function, and the integral evaluates to a probability, which of course is a scalar.2007, James E. Gentle, Matrix Algebra: Theory, Computations, and Applications in Statistics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 165:
- Synonyms
- weigh
- Derived terms
- coevaluate, evaluable, evaluatable, evaluatee, evaluative, evaluator, evaluatory, misevaluate, overevaluate, reevaluate, re-evaluate, self-evaluate, underevaluate, unevaluated