Definition of "eval"

eval¹

/ˈiː.væl/

noun
plural evals
1. Abbreviation of evaluation.
  Quotations
  Scans are unable to determine subject's [Gandrayda's] age, but psych eval suggests a high degree of youthfulness.
  2007 August 27, Retro Studios, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (via Metroid Prime Trilogy, released 2009 August 24), Nintendo, Wii, Data Storage A, "Hunter Gandrayda" scan
  Both of their evals suggested good upbringings, though the interviewer couldn't get much out of Swartzkoff concerning his home life.
  2014, Robin Geesman, Under Lock and Key: The Zone
verb
third-person singular simple present evals, present participle evalling or evaling, simple past and past participle evalled or evaled
1. (programming, of software) To evaluate (or execute) source code held in a string during run time.
  Quotations
  Of course, it's quite pointless to eval a piece of code that you know at compile time ...
  1997, Sriram Srinivasan, Andy Oram, Steve Talbott, Advanced Perl Programming

eval²

/ˈiːvəl/

adjective
not comparable
1. (obsolete) Relating to time or duration.