assess

verb

as·sess ə-ˈses How to pronounce assess (audio)

assessed; assessing; assesses

transitive verb

: to determine the rate or amount of (something, such as a tax, charge, or fine)

: to impose (something, such as a tax) according to an established rate

: to subject to a tax, charge, or levy

Every homeowner will be assessed a tax according to the value of the property.

: to make an official valuation of (property) for the purposes of taxation

Their property is assessed at $200,000.

: to determine the importance, size, or value of

assess a problem

assess the damage

sports : to charge (a player or team) with a foul or penalty

Example Sentences

Cornell graduate student James Tanner spent three years in the early 1940s slogging southern swamps and bayous to assess where and how the species could be saved. By his reckoning, no more than twenty-four ivory-bills remained in the entire Southeast.

John Terborgh, New York Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007 When the training staff determined that Everett had no mobility below his neck, Cappuccino was waved onto the field. He performed a quick battery of tests to assess the severity of the injury, squeezing various parts of Everett's body and asking him to respond.

Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated, 17 Dec. 2007 Tetlock found that his experts used a double standard: they were much tougher in assessing the validity of information that undercut their theory than they were in crediting information that supported it.

Louis Menand, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2005 Briefly, the way it works is this. Every time a hog is sold, the seller is assessed 40 cents per $100 of sale value to promote the consumption of pork.

Warren R. Ross, UU World, Fall 2005 After the hurricane, officials assessed the town's need for aid. We need to assess whether or not the system is working. Damage to the boat was assessed at $5,000. The company was assessed $12 million in fines for polluting the river. See More

Recent Examples on the Web Starbucks suspended fiscal guidance in May, telling investors that executives needed time to assess how much the investments would cost.

Heather Haddon, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 What our responsibility is, is to assess whether there has been damage done to our intelligence collection and maintenance of secrets capacity.

CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022 Variety approached three of them to give their take on helping to promote Spain as a key destination for film-TV shoots and assess the challenges that remain.

Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022 Trump’s legal team had contended that a special master is necessary to assess whether certain documents seized by the FBI should be returned to Trump because of attorney-client privilege and executive privilege.

Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The idea, said Aisling Rayne, the primary author of the study, was to assess the crayfishes’ genetic diversity.

Rina Diane Caballar, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2022 Kentucky flooding victims begin to recover, assess damage.

Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022 The first step is to assess the candidate or employee’s current skills state.

Eric Friedman, Forbes, 18 July 2022 As a result, Abbott has stopped production of its EleCare specialty formula that was underway to assess damage caused by the storm and clean and re-sanitize the plant.

Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 16 June 2022 See More

assess

verb

as in to impose

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

impose
charge
fine
levy
put
exact
lay
penalize
inflict
compel
force
tax
excise
coerce
extort
gouge
dock
wrest
squeeze
wreak
skin
shake down
milk
mulct
wring
bleed
relay
set
fleece
reimpose
reapply

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

diminish
lessen
remit
abate
ignore
forgive
release
disregard
excuse
condone
pardon
gloss (over)
gloze (over)

as in to estimate

to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding let's step back and assess the situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

estimate
value
evaluate
appraise
rate
analyze
valuate
guesstimate
ascertain
determine
set
discover
judge
deem
learn
adjudge
test
reassess
decide
reevaluate
survey
price
reappraise
assay
prize
underestimate
revalue
misjudge
undervalue
settle
rejudge
transvaluate
transvalue
misprize
misesteem

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of assess are appraise, estimate, evaluate, rate, and value. While all these words mean "to judge something with respect to its worth or significance," assess implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action.

officials are trying to assess the damage

Although the words appraise and assess have much in common, appraise commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be used of any critical judgment.

having their house appraised

In some situations, the words estimate and assess are roughly equivalent. However, estimate implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out.

estimated the crowd at two hundred

The synonyms evaluate and assess are sometimes interchangeable, but evaluate suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary.

evaluate a student's work

Rate adds to estimate the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values.

a highly rated restaurant

Value equals appraise but without implying expertness of judgment.

a watercolor valued by the donor at $500

单词	assess
释义	assess verb as·sess ə-ˈses a- assessed; assessing; assesses transitive verb 1 : to determine the rate or amount of (something, such as a tax, charge, or fine) 2 a : to impose (something, such as a tax) according to an established rate b : to subject to a tax, charge, or levy Every homeowner will be assessed a tax according to the value of the property. 3 : to make an official valuation of (property) for the purposes of taxation Their property is assessed at $200,000. 4 : to determine the importance, size, or value of assess a problem assess the damage 5 sports : to charge (a player or team) with a foul or penalty Synonyms charge exact fine impose lay levy put See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Cornell graduate student James Tanner spent three years in the early 1940s slogging southern swamps and bayous to assess where and how the species could be saved. By his reckoning, no more than twenty-four ivory-bills remained in the entire Southeast. John Terborgh, New York Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007 When the training staff determined that Everett had no mobility below his neck, Cappuccino was waved onto the field. He performed a quick battery of tests to assess the severity of the injury, squeezing various parts of Everett's body and asking him to respond. Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated, 17 Dec. 2007 Tetlock found that his experts used a double standard: they were much tougher in assessing the validity of information that undercut their theory than they were in crediting information that supported it. Louis Menand, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2005 Briefly, the way it works is this. Every time a hog is sold, the seller is assessed 40 cents per $100 of sale value to promote the consumption of pork. Warren R. Ross, UU World, Fall 2005 After the hurricane, officials assessed the town's need for aid. We need to assess whether or not the system is working. Damage to the boat was assessed at $5,000. The company was assessed $12 million in fines for polluting the river. See More Recent Examples on the Web Starbucks suspended fiscal guidance in May, telling investors that executives needed time to assess how much the investments would cost. Heather Haddon, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 What our responsibility is, is to assess whether there has been damage done to our intelligence collection and maintenance of secrets capacity. CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022 Variety approached three of them to give their take on helping to promote Spain as a key destination for film-TV shoots and assess the challenges that remain. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022 Trump’s legal team had contended that a special master is necessary to assess whether certain documents seized by the FBI should be returned to Trump because of attorney-client privilege and executive privilege. Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The idea, said Aisling Rayne, the primary author of the study, was to assess the crayfishes’ genetic diversity. Rina Diane Caballar, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2022 Kentucky flooding victims begin to recover, assess damage. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022 The first step is to assess the candidate or employee’s current skills state. Eric Friedman, Forbes, 18 July 2022 As a result, Abbott has stopped production of its EleCare specialty formula that was underway to assess damage caused by the storm and clean and re-sanitize the plant. Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 16 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, probably from Medieval Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from Latin, to sit beside, assist in the office of a judge — more at assize First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition assess verb as·sess ə-ˈses assessed; assessing 1 : to make a judgment about The school assessed the students' progress each year. 2 : to decide on the rate, value, or amount of (as for taxation) The jury assessed damages of $5000. The house was assessed at $200,000. 3 : to put a charge or tax on The city assessed all car owners a fee. Legal Definition assess transitive verb as·sess ə-ˈses 1 : to determine the rate or amount of (as a tax) 2 a : to impose (as a tax) according to an established rate b : to subject to a tax, charge, or levy each property owner was assessed an additional five dollars 3 : to make an official valuation of (property) for the purposes of taxation assess verb 1 as in to impose to establish or apply as a charge or penalty the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance impose charge fine levy put exact lay penalize inflict compel force tax excise coerce extort gouge dock wrest squeeze wreak skin shake down milk mulct wring bleed relay set fleece reimpose reapply Antonyms & Near Antonyms diminish lessen remit abate ignore forgive release disregard excuse condone pardon gloss (over) gloze (over) See More 2 as in to estimate to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding let's step back and assess the situation Synonyms & Similar Words estimate value evaluate appraise rate analyze valuate guesstimate ascertain determine set discover judge deem learn adjudge test reassess decide reevaluate survey price reappraise assay prize underestimate revalue misjudge undervalue settle rejudge transvaluate transvalue misprize misesteem Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of assess are appraise, estimate, evaluate, rate, and value. While all these words mean "to judge something with respect to its worth or significance," assess implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action. officials are trying to assess the damage Although the words appraise and assess have much in common, appraise commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be used of any critical judgment. having their house appraised In some situations, the words estimate and assess are roughly equivalent. However, estimate implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out. estimated the crowd at two hundred The synonyms evaluate and assess are sometimes interchangeable, but evaluate suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary. evaluate a student's work Rate adds to estimate the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values. a highly rated restaurant Value equals appraise but without implying expertness of judgment. a watercolor valued by the donor at $500
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