APPRAISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does appraise mean?
• APPRAISE (verb)
The verb APPRAISE has 2 senses:
1. place a value on; judge the worth of something
2. consider in a comprehensive way
Familiarity information: APPRAISE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• APPRAISE (verb)
Meaning:
Place a value on; judge the worth of something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
appraise; assess; evaluate; valuate; measure; value
Context example:
I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
Hypernyms (to "appraise" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "appraise"):
grade; mark; score (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation)
rate; value (estimate the value of)
standardise; standardize (evaluate by comparing with a standard)
reassess; reevaluate (revise or renew one's assessment)
censor (subject to political, religious, or moral censorship)
praise (express approval of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Consider in a comprehensive way
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
survey; appraise
Context example:
He appraised the situation carefully before acting
Hypernyms (to "appraise" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvas; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
