evaluation

noun

eval·​u·​a·​tion i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən 

-yü-ˈā-

plural evaluations

: the act or result of evaluating

a situation that requires careful evaluation

: determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone

What's your evaluation of her writing ability?

a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation

The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own."

—Robert S. McNamara

Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students …

—Andrew J. Rotherham

As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests …

—Jerome Groopman

Synonyms of evaluation

• assessment
• appraisal

Examples of evaluation in a Sentence

what's your evaluation of her writing ability?

the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists

Recent Examples on the Web

Paramedics provided care at the scene and took her to a local hospital for further evaluation. —Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026

She was then taken to the hospital for further evaluation. —Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026

Safety evaluations showed that these lignin developers have estrogen-like activity that is two to four orders of magnitude lower than that of BPA. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026

In some cases, colleges are quietly slipping AI into their evaluation work, while others are touting the technology’s potential to speed up their review of applications, cut processing times and perform some tasks better than humans. —Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1622, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing evaluation

• re-evaluation

Rhymes for evaluation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration