past and past participle
Studied something carefully to decide how good, useful, successful, or important it was.
The committee evaluated the proposals carefully.
The patient's condition was evaluated before treatment.
American English
How to pronounce evaluated
verbB2Common word
ihVAALyooayduhd
/ɪˈvæl.juˌeɪ.ɾəd̚/
5 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
Form of evaluate
Studied something carefully to decide how good, useful, successful, or important it was.
What to listen for
In evaluated, say the first syllable lightly, with the strongest beat on “val”: /ɪˈvæɫ.juˌeɪ.ɾəd̚/.
Meanings & examples
past and past participle
Calculated the value of a mathematical expression, often after replacing letters with numbers.
The students evaluated 3x + 2 when x equaled 4.
After replacing x with 4, the expression was evaluated.