evaluation

The process of checking how good, useful, or successful someone or something is.

• The plan needs careful evaluation.
• Evaluation of the treatment is still in progress.
• The team spent weeks on the evaluation of three different teaching methods.

How to use it: evaluation of someone/something (The evaluation of the new programme took six months.)

Similar words: assessment, appraisal, review

Common phrases: evaluation of something, careful evaluation, evaluation process

An opinion or conclusion about how good, useful, or successful someone or something is.

• The service received a positive evaluation.
• My evaluation differs from yours.
• Several experts gave favourable evaluations of the design.

How to use it: evaluation of someone/something (Her evaluation of the project was very positive.)

Similar words: assessment, judgement, appraisal

Common phrases: positive evaluation, negative evaluation, evaluation of something

A formal review or report about someone's work or about a situation.

• My annual evaluation is tomorrow.
• Her manager wrote a detailed performance evaluation.
• The team submitted an evaluation of the current situation.

Similar words: assessment, appraisal, review

Common phrases: performance evaluation, annual evaluation, written evaluation