verb
evaluated
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Evaluated (verb) means Judged or assessed the quality, importance or value of something after examining it carefully. Example: “The panel evaluated each proposal against the same five criteria.”
verb
1
Judged or assessed the quality, importance or value of something after examining it carefully.
"The panel evaluated each proposal against the same five criteria."
"We evaluated three suppliers before signing the contract."
2
In mathematics and computing: worked out the value of an expression, or of a variable within it.
"Evaluated at x = 3, the function returns 11."
"The condition is evaluated before the loop body runs."
adjective
1
Having been assessed or measured; often used with a qualifier.
"Only fully evaluated candidates go through to interview."
How to use evaluated
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishLooked at something carefully and decided how good or how valuable it was.
When to use it
Neutral to formal; standard in academic writing, business reports and technical documentation.
Memory tip
Evaluate takes a direct object — evaluate the results, not 'evaluate about the results'.
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Easily confused with
Common pairings
carefully evaluated
independently evaluated
evaluated against criteria
evaluated the results
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Etymology
From French évaluer 'to find the value of', from Old French value, ultimately from Latin valere 'to be worth'.
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Rhymes for evaluated
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What is the difference between evaluated and assessed?
They overlap heavily. Assessing tends to mean measuring something against a standard to find out where it stands; evaluating adds a judgement about worth or effectiveness — whether it was any good, or worth doing. In education, assessment measures the learner and evaluation judges the course.
What does 'the expression is evaluated' mean in programming?
It means the computer works the expression out and reduces it to a single value before using it. Order matters: in many languages the arguments to a function are evaluated before the function itself runs.
What is the meaning of evaluated?
"evaluated" (verb) means judged or assessed the quality, importance or value of something after examining it carefully.
What is another word for evaluated?
Other words for "evaluated" include assessed, appraised, judged, weighed up, reviewed, calculated.
