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eval

eval

9 8.7
A short check of a person's work or progress
  • noun
  • /ˈiːvæl/
  • Informal
translation icon : evaluación
  • During the annual review, employees were anxious about their performance eval results.
  • psych evals

And yes, I do wonder, you know, what grade the different people who gave different evals, you know, got, I don't know that information.

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Examples

  • Also included in his eval forms are the age, marital status, and amount of time the commenter has been attending the church.

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  • Clearly, there will be 30% on evals, but that is state law, so that is a given.

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  • Hey, Eric, how did it go on the eval?

  • We're gonna crush this eval.

  • If the bosses like you, you get a good eval; even if your performance was just above average, you get rated excellent.

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  • The PT feels put upon if she or he has to do more than two evals in a day.

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  • The teacher conducted an eval of each student's progress at the end of the term.

  • After completing the project, the team received feedback in their performance eval.

Synonyms

assessment
vseval
474 2.8

A decision about how good someone's work or skills are

is the casual shortened term for that act
evaluation
vseval
329 3.7

A careful decision about how good or valuable something is

is the informal abbreviated way to refer to that process
to review
vseval
  • Literature
252 2.9

To examine something carefully and give an opinion about its quality

is the informal shorthand used instead of that action name
appraisal
vseval
26 4.1

A written estimate of how much something is worth

is the informal abbreviation used for broad judgements not only value estimates
reviewal
vseval
6.7

A written report giving an opinion about a book, show, or product

is the casual abbreviated label used for such written reports

How Formal

audit
69 4.4
evaluation
329 3.7
to review
  • Literature
252 2.9
eval
  • Informal
9 8.7
comment
1.0
note
1.0

Surface Forms

eval singular
evals plural

Etymology

Eval is a short form of evaluation, which means 'a check' or 'a review'. So an eval is simply a quick assessment or check of work or performance.