evaluation
evaluation
nounDefinition of EVALUATION
1
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something <what's your evaluation of her writing ability?>
Synonyms appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, fix, judgment (or judgement), value judgment
Related Words aperçu, feeling, impression, notion, perception; confidence, faith, stock, trust; belief, conviction, mind, persuasion, sentiment, view; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, surmise, theory
2
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something <the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists>
Related Words calculation, computation, measurement, mensuration; audit, check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey; reassessment, transvaluation; overestimation, overevaluation; underestimation
