assessmentnoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˈses.mənt/us/əˈses.mənt/B2 the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that is made:
Would you say that is a fair assessment of the situation?
Both their assessments of production costs were hopelessly inaccurate.
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- Their methods of assessment produce nonsensical results.
- External validation of the teachers' assessments is recommended.
- a baseline assessment
- Tonight's programme features an assessment of the government's approach to crime.
- Health and safety inspectors carried out a risk assessment of the premises.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Judgments and analyses
- acquihire
- analysis
- appraisal
- construction
- critique
- day of reckoning
- interpretation
- job evaluation
- judgment
- misjudge
- notice
- peer review
- press
- rating
- review
- self-assessment
- study
- time-and-motion study
- unrated
- value judgment
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