evaluate

The word “evaluate” means to carefully judge the value, quality, or significance of something. In plain terms, to assess or work out how good, true, or valuable something is.

“Evaluate” is pronounced ih-VALYUU-ayt (/ɪˈvæl.juˌeɪt/ in IPA).

Here is “evaluate” used in a sentence: “The teacher evaluated each essay against a strict rubric.”

Words with a similar meaning to “evaluate” include weigh.

“Evaluate” is a verb.

The word “evaluate” comes from French. A back-formation from evaluation, itself from French évaluation.

“Evaluate” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B2 level.

“Evaluate” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: to carefully judge the value, quality, or significance of something.

The two verbs overlap heavily, and in everyday writing either is usually acceptable. Evaluate stresses judging the value, quality, or significance of something, while assess often suggests measuring or estimating its level or amount, as in assessing damage or assessing a tax.

To analyze something is to break it down and examine its parts in detail; to evaluate it is to reach a judgment about its value, quality, or significance. Analysis often comes first and supplies the evidence on which an evaluation is based.

The noun is evaluation, meaning the act of judging value or quality, or the judgment itself. A person who evaluates is an evaluator.