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Noun: evaluation  i,val-yoo'ey-shun
  1. Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
    "The annual employee evaluation was a source of stress";
    - rating
     
  2. An appraisal of the value of something
    "he set a high evaluation on friendship";
    - valuation, rating
     
  3. (mathematics) calculation of the numerical value of an expression
    "The evaluation of the complex formula took several steps"

Derived forms: evaluations

Type of: appraisal, assessment, judgement, judgment

Encyclopedia: Evaluation