appraise
verb /əˈpreɪz/
/əˈpreɪz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they appraise | /əˈpreɪz/ /əˈpreɪz/ |
| he / she / it appraises | /əˈpreɪzɪz/ /əˈpreɪzɪz/ |
| past simple appraised | /əˈpreɪzd/ /əˈpreɪzd/ |
| past participle appraised | /əˈpreɪzd/ /əˈpreɪzd/ |
| -ing form appraising | /əˈpreɪzɪŋ/ /əˈpreɪzɪŋ/ |
- appraise somebody/something (formal) to consider or examine somebody/something and form an opinion about them or it
- an appraising glance/look
- His eyes coolly appraised the young woman before him.
- She stepped back to appraise her workmanship.
- The architect gave the exterior an appraising glance.
- appraise something (at something) to officially examine a building, an object, etc. and say how much it is worth
- They appraised the painting at £200 000.
- appraise somebody (British English) to make a formal judgement about the value of a person’s work, usually after a discussion with them about it
- Managers must appraise all staff.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘set a price on’): alteration of apprize, by association with praise. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.