appraiseverb [ T ]
uk/əˈpreɪz/us/əˈpreɪz/to examine someone or something in order to judge their qualities, success, or needs:
At the end of each teaching practice, trainee teachers are asked to appraise their own performance.
In cooperation with other professionals, social workers will appraise the individual's needs.
He coolly appraised the situation, deciding which person would be most likely to succeed.
US Uk value to give a judgment about how much money something might be sold for:
The ring was appraised at $40,000.
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Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- measure
- proof
- sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- survey
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appraisee
noun [ C ] uk/ə.preɪˈziː/us/ə.preɪˈziː/
a person who is being appraised