evaluation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

evaluation
    n 1: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn:
         {evaluation}, {rating}]
    2: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high
       valuation on friendship" [syn: {evaluation}, {valuation},
       {rating}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Evaluation \E*val`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]valuation, LL.
   evaluatio.]
   Valuation; appraisement. --J. S. Mill.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

evaluation

   <programming> 1. Converting an expression into a value using
   some {reduction strategy}.

   2. The process of examining a system or system component to
   determine the extent to which specified properties are
   present.

   (1996-05-13)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaluation":
      analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation,
      apprizal, approximation, assessing, assessment, assize, assizement,
      calculation, categorization, classification, computation,
      correction, decision, determination, dual pricing, estimate,
      estimation, evaluating, evaluative criticism, factoring, figuring,
      gauging, grouping, identification, instrumentation, interpretation,
      judgement, judging, judgment, measure, measurement, measuring,
      mensuration, metric system, opinion, price determination, pricing,
      quantification, quantization, ranking, rating, reckoning, sifting,
      sifting out, sorting, sorting out, stock, survey, surveying,
      telemetering, telemetry, triangulation, unit pricing, valuation,
      valuing, view, weighing, winnowing