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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: évaluation, from évaluer 'to evaluate', from value 'value'

evaluation

 noun
     
e‧val‧u‧a‧tion W3 [uncountable and countable]
a judgment about how good, useful, or successful something is [= assessment]:
We need to carry out a proper evaluation of the new system.
They took some samples of products for evaluation.
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