evaluator
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Definition
Noun: * An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality: A person who makes a judgment about the value, quality, or significance of something or someone, often based on specific criteria or standards.
Usage Examples
- The art evaluator carefully examined the painting to determine its authenticity and market value.
- She worked as a performance evaluator, providing feedback to employees during their annual reviews.
- The grant application will be reviewed by an independent panel of evaluators.
Advanced Usage
- In a formal or official capacity: The term often implies a role with recognized expertise or a designated responsibility to assess.
- The chief evaluator submitted the final report on the program's effectiveness to the board.
- As a neutral or objective judge: The role of an evaluator typically requires impartiality.
- Acting as an evaluator, he had to set aside his personal opinions and focus on the established metrics.
Variants and Related Words
- Evaluate (verb): To form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; to assess.
- The teacher will evaluate the students' projects.
- Evaluation (noun): The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- The evaluation of the new policy will take six months.
- Evaluative (adjective): Based on or relating to an assessment of value or quality.
- The report contained evaluative comments on each proposal.
Synonyms
- Appraiser: One who sets a value on property, especially for taxation or sale.
- Assessor: An official who evaluates property for taxation, or a person who judges the quality of something.
- Judge: A person who gives an authoritative opinion.
- Critic: A person who judges the merits of literary, artistic, or musical works.
Related Phrases
- External evaluator: An assessor who is not part of the organization or group being evaluated, often hired for objectivity.
- The university hired an external evaluator to review its research department.
- Peer evaluator: A person who assesses the work of others who are at a similar professional level.
- As part of the process, each scientist served as a peer evaluator for a colleague's paper.
Noun
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality