EVALUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does evaluation mean? 

• EVALUATION (noun)
  The noun EVALUATION has 2 senses:

1. act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

2. an appraisal of the value of something

  Familiarity information: EVALUATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVALUATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

evaluation; rating

Hypernyms ("evaluation" is a kind of...):

assessment; judgement; judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evaluation"):

grading; marking; scoring (evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score)

Derivation:

evaluate (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An appraisal of the value of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

evaluation; rating; valuation

Context example:

he set a high valuation on friendship

Hypernyms ("evaluation" is a kind of...):

appraisal; assessment (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evaluation"):

overvaluation (too high a value or price assigned to something)

undervaluation (too low a value or price assigned to something)

pricing (the evaluation of something in terms of its price)

reevaluation (the evaluation of something a second time (or more))

grade; mark; score (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance))

bond rating (an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default)

Derivation:

evaluate (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

 Context examples 

Greater than 50% reduction of any measurable lesion (primary or metastases) with, less than 50% reduction in any other site; no new lesions; less than 25% increase in any existing lesion (exclude bone marrow evaluation).

(Mixed Response in Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Evaluation of Clinical Methods for Rating Dyspnea.

(Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The finding of a growth smaller than 5 mm x 5 mm that was not present at the previous evaluation.

(Modified Overall Immune Related Response Criterion, New Non-Measurable Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

A physician with specialized training and expertise in the diagnosis of diseases of the brain and nervous system by microscopic evaluation of the tissue.

(Neuropathologist, NCI Thesaurus)

The histopathology findings and microscopic evaluations recorded.

(Microscopic Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The formal evaluation of the quantitative evidence from two or more trials bearing on the same question.

(Meta-analysis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Findings resulting from evaluations of bone mineral density.

(Bone Measurements Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

However, a sensor placed in a blood vessel could allow more frequent evaluations without the use of imaging dyes.

(Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms, National Science Foundation)

Aspects of the context prevent the evaluation needed to determine a value.

(Cannot Be Assessed, NCI Thesaurus)

No new lesions; less than 50% reduction but less than 25% increase in any existing lesion (exclude bone marrow evaluation).

(No Response in Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)