assessverb [ T ]
uk/əˈses/us/əˈses/B2 to judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something:
The insurers will need to assess the flood damage.
They assessed the cost of the flood damage at £2,500.
Exams are not the only means of assessing a student's ability.
It's too early to assess the long-term consequences of the two countries' union.
[ + question word ] We need to assess whether the project is worth doing.
More examples
- Under the tutelage of Professor Roberts, the 900 delegates assessed and discussed the social market economy.
- The rate of breakdown of muscle protein was assessed.
- We expect the new scheme for assessing claims to come into operation early next year.
- Authorities are assessing damage caused by last night's stormy weather.
- They couldn't agree the best way to assess their students.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- investigate
- measure
- proof
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- store
- survey
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