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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Evaluation \E*val'u*a"tion\, noun [Cf. F. ['e]valuation, LL. evaluatio.] Valuation; appraisement. --J. S. Mill.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
evaluation
noun
1: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: {rating}]
2: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" [syn: {valuation}, {rating}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaluation": analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation, apprizal, approximation, assessing, assessment, assize, assizement, calculation, categorization, classification, computation, correction, decision, determination, dual pricing, estimate, estimation, evaluating, evaluative criticism, factoring, figuring, gauging, grouping, identification, instrumentation, interpretation, judgement, judging, judgment, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, metric system, opinion, price determination, pricing, quantification, quantization, ranking, rating, reckoning, sifting, sifting out, sorting, sorting out, stock, survey, surveying, telemetering, telemetry, triangulation, unit pricing, valuation, valuing, view, weighing, winnowing
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
evaluation
1. Converting an expression into a value using some {reduction strategy}. 2. The process of examining a system or system component to determine the extent to which specified properties are present. (1996-05-13)
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