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I have looked up the same word in three different dictionaries, the Word was evaluation and these are the results:

Oxford dictionaries:

Evaluation: NOUN
mass noun
The making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.

‘the evaluation of each method’

count noun ‘an initial evaluation of the programme’


Webster dictionary:

Evaluation: NOUN
eval·u·a·tion   \  i-ˌval-yə-ˈwā-shən ,  -yü-ˈā- \

 the act or result of evaluating 

-a situation that requires careful evaluation
 
determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone  

-What's your evaluationof her writing ability?

-a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation
-The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as "sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own."—Robert S. McNamara

-Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students … —Andrew J. Rotherham

-As part of a standard evaluation, patients are given a series of tests …
 —Jerome Groopman.



Wordreference:


Evaluation: NOUN


e•val•u•a•tion  (i val′yo̅o̅ āshən), n. 
  1. an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  1. (esp. in medicine) a diagnosis or diagnostic study of a physical or mental condition.
·           French évaluation. See e-, valuation
·           1745–55

e•val•u•ate /ɪˈvælyuˌeɪt/  v. [+ object], -at•ed, -at•ing. 
  1. to determine the value, quality, or significance of; assess;
    appraise: 
    to evaluate property.
e•val•u•a•tion /ɪˌvælyuˈeɪʃən/  n. [countable uncountable]See  -val-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2018
e•val•u•ate  (i valyo̅o̅ āt′), v.t.,  -at•ed, -at•ing. 
  1. to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise:to evaluate property.
  1. to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of;
    assess:
    to evaluate the results of an experiment.
  1. Mathematicsto ascertain the numerical value of (a function, relation, etc.).
e•val•u•a•ble  (i valyo̅o̅ ə bəl), adj. e•val′u•a′tive, adj. 
e•val′u•a′tor, n. 



After doing the research, I can’t find any significant differences between the three dictionaries, maybe in the Wordreference web, the results are more complete, anad the navigation is easier than in the other ones; then I have looked up in the Learners dictionary too, but again, I haven’t found any important difference, maybe this is because of the Word chosen.


At the Learners dictionary web, there is a Vocabulary quiz, I’ve enjoyed it very much, it’s very challenging, you can test your aptituted, not online in vocabulary but in speedness as well.

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