evaluate

[ɪˈvæljueɪt]

Definition:
1. To form an opinion of the amount, value or quality of sth after thinking about it carefully.
2. Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of.

Use 'evaluate' in a sentence:

1. Our research attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the different drugs.
2. Each community has created industry-led committees that can help set policy and evaluate progress.
3. The police force should not evaluate officers performance in terms of the number of arrests they make.
4. Don't evaluate people by their clothes.
5. Don't evaluate a person on the basis of appearance.
6. We defined the standards against which the computing systems were to be evaluated.
7. Michael evaluates the idea for a brief period before realizing how ridiculous it is.
8. It is important to evaluate the results of surgery.
9. The law now requires that parents serve on the committees that plan and evaluate school programs.
10. The market situation is difficult to evaluate.
11. The system it uses to evaluate drugs is admired by public health experts worldwide.
12. Joe and Ken evaluated the plan and agreed that it would work.
13. To evaluate something means to study it, so a decision can be made.