assess
verb/əˈses/
/əˈses/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they assess | /əˈses/ /əˈses/ |
| he / she / it assesses | /əˈsesɪz/ /əˈsesɪz/ |
| past simple assessed | /əˈsest/ /əˈsest/ |
| past participle assessed | /əˈsest/ /əˈsest/ |
| -ing form assessing | /əˈsesɪŋ/ /əˈsesɪŋ/ |
- to make a judgement about the nature or quality of somebody/something
- assess somebody/something Accurately assessing environmental impacts is very complex.
- to assess a patient’s needs
- It's difficult to assess the effects of these changes.
- Interviews allow you to assess the suitability of candidates.
- She engaged a safety consultant to assess the risks.
- Quality of life was assessed using a questionnaire.
- assess somebody/something as something The young men were assessed as either safe or unsafe drivers.
- I'd assess your chances as low.
- assess whether, how, etc… The committee assesses whether a building is worth preserving.
- We are trying to assess how well the system works.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2, Educationb2- She carefully assessed the situation.
- The new patient is assessed by the nursing staff.
- The company has put great effort into assessing the needs of its customers.
- The national curriculum involves assessing pupils at ages 7, 11, 14 and 16.
- The tests are used to assess individual students' ability and knowledge.
- The studies were independently assessed by several researchers.
- She decided to get her daughter assessed for dyslexia.
- A mountain guide is trained and assessed on five gruelling courses.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- accurately
- correctly
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- help to
- …
- for
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- to calculate the amount or value of something synonym estimate
- assess something They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid.
- assess something at something Damage to the building was assessed at £40 000.
Extra Examples- The Inland Revenue assessed the value of the paintings at £8 million.
- It is very difficult to assess accurately the costs of corporate crime.
- The legal costs have been assessed at $75 000.
- It is difficult to assess the building's value properly without seeing it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- properly
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- be difficult to
- …
- at
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French assesser, based on Latin assidere ‘sit by’ (in medieval Latin ‘levy tax’), from ad- ‘to, at’ + sedere ‘sit’. Compare with assizes.
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