evaluates
Sizes something up
Evaluates is the third-person singular of evaluate, meaning to assess worth, quality, or significance.
A teacher evaluates student work; a doctor evaluates symptoms.
The word implies careful judgment based on criteria: The committee evaluates applications on three factors.
In computing, to evaluate an expression is to calculate its value.
Published critical assessments
- scrutinizesExamines in close detail
- inspectsReviews for quality
- investigatesLooks into thoroughly
- auditsFormal account inspections
monitors · checks · surveys · observes · studies · considers · weighs · probes
Expresses unfavorable judgment
- reviewsPublished critical assessments
- assessesJudges worth or quality
- feedbackReturned response data
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
analysis · strengths · weaknesses · shortcomings · merits · flaws · improvements · recommendations
Settles or concludes
- decidesReaches a conclusion
- concludesBrings to an end
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- adjudicatesFormally decides disputes
arbitrates · deems · pronounces · deliberates · weighs · considers · impartiality · fairness
Facts for analysis
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- metricsStandards for assessment
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- studyDeliberate learning effort
findings · conclusions · interpretation · methodology · variables · correlation · regression · quantitative
reviews
Published critical assessments
- scrutinizesExamines in close detail
- inspectsReviews for quality
- investigatesLooks into thoroughly
audits · monitors · checks · surveys · observes · studies · considers · weighs · probes · vets
criticizes
Expresses unfavorable judgment
commentary · analysis · strengths · weaknesses · shortcomings · merits · flaws · improvements · recommendations · constructive
determines
Settles or concludes
adjudicates · arbitrates · deems · pronounces · deliberates · weighs · considers · impartiality · fairness · objectivity
data
Facts for analysis
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- metricsStandards for assessment
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
study · findings · conclusions · interpretation · methodology · variables · correlation · regression · quantitative · qualitative
value
Importance or price
valuation · assessment · pricing · market · assets · property · quality · merit · significance · importance
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- math verbsadd, adds, subtract, subtracts, multiply
evaluatesignores
Refuses to acknowledge
dismisses · disregards · overlooks · neglects · bypasses
evaluatesassumes
Accepts as true
presumes · guesses · takes at face value · prejudges · jumps to conclusions
- evaluation reportWritten assessment of performance
- teacher evaluationsRatings of instructors
- custody evaluationStudy determining child placement
- psych evaluation
- employee evaluationsPeriodic worker performance assessments
- mental health evaluationClinical review of psychological condition
evaluate, evaluation, evaluated, evaluating, evaluator, re-evaluate, evaluative, evaluations, evaluators