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.