Associations to the word «Evaluation»

Wiktionary

EVALUATION, noun. An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
EVALUATION, noun. (mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
EVALUATION, noun. (computing) (programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.

Dictionary definition

EVALUATION, noun. Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of.
EVALUATION, noun. An appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats