evaluating
- 1Present participle and gerund of evaluate.
The committee is evaluating several proposals before making a final decision.
Evaluating job candidates fairly requires a clear and consistent set of criteria.
Note
A single -ing form does two jobs here. After be it builds the progressive (the committee is evaluating proposals). At the head of a phrase it works as a noun yet still takes a direct object, as in evaluating candidates fairly. It carries every meaning of evaluate, including the programmer's: code can be evaluating an expression, and, with no object, an expression can be evaluating to a particular value.
The interpreter is evaluating each expression in turn before running the next line.
Evaluating the expression too early can return the wrong value.
evaluating is a form of evaluate
evaluate, verb: To examine something carefully and draw conclusions about it; to assess or appraise its quality or value. Full entry
- Spelling
- evaluate → evaluating: drop the e, add -ing
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