Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eval

/ˈiː.væl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: eval
IPA: /ˈiː.væl/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of evaluation.

verb

To evaluate (or execute) source code held in a string during run time.

adj

Relating to time or duration.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Scans are unable to determine subject's [Gandrayda's] age, but psych eval suggests a high degree of youthfulness."
"Both of their evals suggested good upbringings, though the interviewer couldn't get much out of Swartzkoff concerning his home life."
"Of course, it's quite pointless to eval a piece of code that you know at compile time ..."

Etymology

Derived from Latin aevum (“lifetime, age, eternity”) + -al.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: aevum
Suffix: al

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈiː.væl/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

evals (plural) evals (present, singular) evaling (US, participle) evalling (UK, participle) evaled (US, participle) evaled (US, past) evalled (UK, participle) evalled (UK, past) aeval (alternative)

Phrases

read-eval-print loop

Homonyms

evil (some accents)

Questions

How do you pronounce eval?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiː.væl/.
What does eval mean?: Abbreviation of evaluation.
Where does eval come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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