ASSESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does assess mean?
• ASSESS (verb)
The verb ASSESS has 4 senses:
1. place a value on; judge the worth of something
2. charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
3. set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
4. estimate the value of (property) for taxation
Familiarity information: ASSESS used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ASSESS (verb)
Meaning:
Place a value on; judge the worth of something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
appraise; assess; evaluate; valuate; value; measure
Context example:
I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
Hypernyms (to "assess" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assess"):
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:
Charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "assess" is one way to...):
bill; charge (demand payment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
tax; assess
Hypernyms (to "assess" is one way to...):
determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Estimate the value of (property) for taxation
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Our house hasn't been assessed in years
Hypernyms (to "assess" is one way to...):
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
