appraise

appraise

assess; determine the worth of: She asked the jeweler to appraise her diamond ring.
Not to be confused with:apprise – give notice of; acquaint; inform: He will apprise the client of the fee.

ap·praise

A0382400 (ə-prāz′)tr.v. ap·praised, ap·prais·ing, ap·prais·es 1. To estimate the price or value of: appraise a diamond; appraise real estate.2. To make a considered judgment about; assess or size up: appraise a threat; appraised himself in the mirror. See Synonyms at estimate.

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[Middle English appreisen, possibly from Old French aprisier, from Late Latin appretiāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin pretium, price; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

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ap·prais′ing·ly adv.ap·prais′a·ble adj.ap·praise′ment n.ap·prais′er n.ap·prais′ing·ly adv.

appraise

(əˈpreɪz) vb (tr) 1. to assess the worth, value, or quality of2. (Banking & Finance) to make a valuation of, as for taxation purposes[C15: from Old French aprisier, from prisier to prize²] apˈpraisable adj apˈpraiser n apˈpraisingly adv apˈpraisive adj apˈpraisively advUsage: Appraise is sometimes wrongly used where apprise is meant: they had been apprised (not appraised) of my arrival

ap•praise

(əˈpreɪz)

v.t. -praised, -prais•ing. 1. to determine the worth, esp. monetary value, of. 2. to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc. of: appraising the poetry of Milton. [1400–50; late Middle English apraysen to set a value on, probably b. aprisen to apprize and preisen to praise (with sense of prize²)] ap•prais′a•ble, adj. ap•prais′er, n. ap•prais′ing•ly, adv. ap•prais′ive, adj.

appraise

Past participle: appraised
Gerund: appraising

Imperative
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Present
I appraise
you appraise
he/she/it appraises
we appraise
you appraise
they appraise

Preterite
I appraised
you appraised
he/she/it appraised
we appraised
you appraised
they appraised

Present Continuous
I am appraising
you are appraising
he/she/it is appraising
we are appraising
you are appraising
they are appraising

Present Perfect
I have appraised
you have appraised
he/she/it has appraised
we have appraised
you have appraised
they have appraised

Past Continuous
I was appraising
you were appraising
he/she/it was appraising
we were appraising
you were appraising
they were appraising

Past Perfect
I had appraised
you had appraised
he/she/it had appraised
we had appraised
you had appraised
they had appraised

Future
I will appraise
you will appraise
he/she/it will appraise
we will appraise
you will appraise
they will appraise

Future Perfect
I will have appraised
you will have appraised
he/she/it will have appraised
we will have appraised
you will have appraised
they will have appraised

Future Continuous
I will be appraising
you will be appraising
he/she/it will be appraising
we will be appraising
you will be appraising
they will be appraising

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been appraising
you have been appraising
he/she/it has been appraising
we have been appraising
you have been appraising
they have been appraising

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been appraising
you will have been appraising
he/she/it will have been appraising
we will have been appraising
you will have been appraising
they will have been appraising

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been appraising
you had been appraising
he/she/it had been appraising
we had been appraising
you had been appraising
they had been appraising

Conditional
I would appraise
you would appraise
he/she/it would appraise
we would appraise
you would appraise
they would appraise

Past Conditional
I would have appraised
you would have appraised
he/she/it would have appraised
we would have appraised
you would have appraised
they would have appraised

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	appraise - evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk"assess, evaluate, valuate, value, measuregrade, score, mark - assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"rate, value - estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"assess - estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"standardise, standardize - evaluate by comparing with a standardreassess, reevaluate - revise or renew one's assessmentcensor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"praise - express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
	2.	appraise - consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"surveyanalyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

appraise

verb assess, judge, review, estimate, survey, price, rate, value, evaluate, inspect, gauge, size up (informal), eye up, assay, recce (slang) Many companies were prompted to appraise their recruitment policies.Usage: Appraise is sometimes used where apprise is meant: both patients had been fully apprised (not appraised) of the situation. This may well be due to the fact that appraise is considerably more common, and that people therefore tend to associate this meaning mistakenly with a word they know better.

appraise

verbTo make a judgment as to the worth or value of:assay, assess, calculate, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, rate, size up, valuate, value.Idiom: take the measure of.

Translations

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