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# evaluate

verb (evaluate, evaluates, evaluated, evaluating)

«evaluate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To evaluate something is to judge how good, useful or successful it is, after thinking about it carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#m1)
2. In maths, to evaluate an expression is to work out its value as a number: «Evaluate 3 × (4 + 2)». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, pupils evaluate their own work, a design in DT or an experiment in science, saying what went well and what could be better. In maths it is an instruction word: find the number. In reading, you evaluate a source to see whether it is reliable. Phrases: «evaluate your work», «evaluate the evidence», «evaluate the expression».

### Examples

- Evaluate your model bridge: did it hold the weight? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#x1)
- Evaluate 5 + 3 × 2 (the answer is 11). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#x2)
- The teacher evaluated our stories and gave feedback. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#x3)
- Scientists evaluate the results of an experiment carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#x4)
- We need to evaluate which website gives true facts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#x5)
- Evaluate the expression 2a when a = 7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#x6)
- Doctors evaluate a patient before choosing a treatment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/#x7)

### Note

In maths, «evaluate» means «work out the value», so remember the order of operations (brackets, then × and ÷, then + and −). Noun: evaluation. Not the same as «estimate»: to evaluate you work it out properly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «evaluate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaluate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«evaluate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/evaluate.html) on Mova free.