appraise
verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- assess
- estimate
- evaluate
- guesstimate
- rate
- set
- valuate
- value
Example Sentences
Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022 An antique and collectibles appraiser will be on site noon to 3 p.m. to appraise heirlooms and collectibles. Carol Kovach, cleveland, 31 May 2022 Joe began looking into who could appraise the paintings on the walls, some of which depict the countryside of Groppallo, the Northern Italian village that the family patriarch Joseph Forlini emigrated from in 1938. New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022 The cull was a few years in when Mr. Povlsen arrived at Glenfeshie to appraise the place for possible purchase. New York Times, 5 May 2022 An independent third-party validator is dispatched to appraise the land, quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions saved if the peat is repaired and assessing the restoration plans. New York Times, 5 May 2022 One art history expert hired by the court to appraise the ceiling, Sapienza University’s Alessandro Zuccari, estimated that the mural alone is worth about $350 million of the house’s astronomical price. Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021 Some of the funniest scenes in the documentary come when jazz critics are asked to appraise Kenny G's music. John Blake, CNN, 5 Dec. 2021 And Ideal 55 will appraise your collection as well as offer consultation services on purchasing and selling bottles. Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Middle English appraysen, probably from Anglo-French *appreiser, from a- (from Latin ad-) + preiser to prize, praise
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Legal Definition
appraise
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appraise
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- assess
- value
- estimate
- evaluate
- rate
- valuate
- analyze
- guesstimate
- ascertain
- set
- adjudge
- determine
- discover
- judge
- deem
- learn
- reappraise
- price
- reassess
- test
- decide
- reevaluate
- revalue
- survey
- assay
- prize
- undervalue
- misjudge
- underestimate
- settle
- transvaluate
- rejudge
- transvalue
- misprize
- misesteem
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of appraise are assess, estimate, evaluate, rate, and value. While all these words mean "to judge something with respect to its worth or significance," appraise commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be used of any critical judgment.
The words assess and appraise can be used in similar contexts, but assess implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action.
The meanings of estimate and appraise largely overlap; however, estimate implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out.
Although the words evaluate and appraise have much in common, evaluate suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary.
Rate adds to estimate the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values.
Value equals appraise but without implying expertness of judgment.