evaluate
verbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪˈvaljʊeɪt//
- Canada//ɪˈvæl.juˌeɪt//
- Canada//ɪˈvæl.jəˌeɪt//
To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
verb
- 1
To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
It will take several years to evaluate the material gathered in the survey.
Death is a factor that changes all our views as we are forced to evaluate our worth and what ultimately matters in life.
- 2
To compute or determine the value of (an expression).
Evaluate this integral.
- 3
To return or have a specific value.
Since element (15.1) evaluates to an element of the center in any alternative algebra, (15.1) has to evaluate to a scalar multiple of the identity element of the Cayley-Dickson algebra.
In one type of such an integral, the integrand is only the probability density function, and the integral evaluates to a probability, which of course is a scalar.
Etymology
Back-formation from evaluation.
Forms
- past tense
- evaluated
- past participle
- evaluated
- present participle
- evaluating
- third person singular
- evaluates
evaluate · To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
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