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evaluator

evaluator

7 4.3
A person who judges how good or useful something is
  • noun
  • /ɪˈvæljʊˌeɪtər/
translation icon : evaluador
  • As an experienced evaluator, she could easily spot the strengths and weaknesses of the proposal.
  • external evaluator
  • forensic evaluators
  • evaluators assess

Attorneys don't get it, judges don't get it, Custody evaluators don't get it.

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Examples

  • The natural setting is the data source, and the evaluator is the key data collection instrument.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I had a moment in court where my daughter was asked by a child evaluator about her parents separately.

  • So he was a good evaluator of companies.

  • I mean, no question about it, you will be asking the evaluator, how far can we go?

  • We employed an external evaluator who otherwise was not associated with the study to ensure reliability.

    Academic text (2013)
  • At this step, the evaluator applies some kind of standard to make a quality judgment.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So I'm going to appoint an expert evaluator who knows much more about young children than I do.

  • The Certainty Framework leaves it to the evaluator to set acceptable levels.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Public librarians and public library users were selected as evaluators of the CHI websites.

    Academic text (2012)
  • This makes it imperative that educators and evaluators become more deeply knowledgeable about dyslexia.

Synonyms

critic
vsevaluator
314 3.2

A person who gives opinions about art, books, films, or music, often as a job

is a more general assessor of value, quality, or importance
judge
vsevaluator
266 3.4

A person who decides winners at a contest or show

is broader and applies to many assessment roles without authority focus
reviewer
vsevaluator
118 3.1

A person who reads and checks the quality of a paper, proposal, or code

covers assessment in any context beyond reviewing documents
appraiser
vsevaluator
17 6.3

A person who says how much something is worth, like a house or painting

assesses things more generally, not only formal valuations
rater
vsevaluator
4 4.6

A person who gives scores to work like tests or essays

is broader and not limited to scoring systems
assessor
vsevaluator
3 4.3

A person who judges how good or valuable something is

is the broader general term used across contexts
valuer
vsevaluator
  • UK
1 7.0

A person who checks how much property or goods are worth

includes nonmonetary judgements of quality or importance as well
valuator
vsevaluator
  • Specialized
7.7

A person who officially estimates how much something is worth for legal or financial reasons

is more general and not restricted to legal or financial cases

How Professional

auditor
  • Specialized
52 4.8
appraiser
17 6.3
assessor
3 4.3
evaluator
7 4.3
reviewer
118 3.1
observer
305 2.8

Surface Forms

evaluator singular
evaluators plural

Morphology

evaluator = evaluate (transparent) = evaluate + or

Standard agentive suffix '-or' added to the verb 'evaluate' yields 'a person who evaluates', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word evaluator comes from the Latin root valere which means 'be worth', and it shares the same root as the common word value. So an evaluator is a person who decides how much something is worth or how good it is.