evaluation
See also: évaluation
English
Etymology
From French évaluation.[1] By surface analysis, evaluate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
evaluation (countable and uncountable, 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.
- The result of the semestral evaluation will go towards your final score.
- (mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
- (computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
Derived terms
- bioevaluation
- evaluational
- function-evaluation routine
- lazy evaluation
- McCarthy evaluation
- metaevaluation
- minimal evaluation
- misevaluation
- nonevaluation
- overevaluation
- partial evaluation
- program evaluation and review technique
- program evaluation review technique
- project evaluation and review technique
- project evaluation review technique
- re-evaluation
- reevaluation
- self-evaluation
- short-circuit evaluation
Related terms
Translations
assessment
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completion of a mathematical operation
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substitution of a variable with its value
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See also
References
- ^ “evaluation, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.