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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value]
2: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" [syn: evaluate, pass judgment, judge]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: back-formation from evaluation, from French évaluation, from Middle French evaluacion, from esvaluer to evaluate, from e- + value value Date: 1842 1. to determine or fix the value of 2. to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study Synonyms: see estimate • evaluation noun • evaluative adjective • evaluator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 assess, appraise. 2 a find or state the number or amount of. b find a numerical expression for. Derivatives: evaluation n. evaluative adj. evaluator n. Etymology: back-form. f. evaluation f. F évaluation f. évaluer (as E-, VALUE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Evaluate E*val"u*ate, v. t. [See Evaluation.] To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(evaluates, evaluating, evaluated) If you evaluate something or someone, you consider them in order to make a judgment about them, for example about how good or bad they are. The market situation is difficult to evaluate. = assess VERB: V n • evaluation (evaluations) ...the opinions and evaluations of college supervisors... Evaluation is standard practice for all training arranged through the school. N-VAR

Moby Thesaurus

appraise, appreciate, approximate, ascertain, assay, assess, calculate, calibrate, caliper, call, catalog, categorize, check a parameter, class, classify, compute, criticize, determine, dial, divide, estimate, factor, fair-trade, fathom, figure, form an estimate, gauge, give an appreciation, grade, graduate, group, guess, identify, judge, make an estimation, mark, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, pace, plumb, price, prize, probe, quantify, quantize, quote a price, rank, rate, reckon, set at, sift, size, size up, sort, sort out, sound, span, step, survey, take a reading, thrash out, triangulate, valorize, valuate, value, weigh, winnow