What does assess mean?

Definitions for assess
əˈsɛsas·sess

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, valueverb

    evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

    "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk"

  2. assessverb

    charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

  3. tax, assessverb

    set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

  4. assessverb

    estimate the value of (property) for taxation

    "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"

Wiktionary

  1. assessverb

    To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate

    He assessed the situation.

  2. assessverb

    To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.

  3. assessverb

    To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.

    Once you've submitted a tax return, the Tax Department will assess the amount of tax you still owe.

  4. Etymology: From assesser, from assessare, originally the frequentative of assessus, past participle of assideo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To ASSESSverb

    To charge with any certain sum.

    Etymology: from assestare, Ital. To make an equilibrium, or balance.

    Before the receipt of them in this office, they were assessed by the affidavit from the time of the inquisition found. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPT

  1. assess

    Assess means to carefully evaluate, analyze, or judge something or someone in order to form an opinion or make a decision regarding their quality, value, or importance. It involves examining various aspects, characteristics, or criteria to determine the strengths, weaknesses, effectiveness, or suitability of the subject being assessed. Assessment can be done using different methods, such as observation, examination, testing, or surveys, and is often carried out to gather information for making informed decisions, improving or enhancing performance, or measuring progress.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Assess

    to value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation

  2. Assess

    to apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment

  3. Assess

    to determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents

  4. Assess

    to fix or determine the rate or amount of

  5. Etymology: [OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL. assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to assess, tax. Cf. Assize, v., Cess.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Assess

    as-ses′, v.t. to fix the amount of, as a tax (with upon): to tax or fine: to fix the value or profits of, for taxation (with at): to estimate.—adj. Assess′able.—ns. Assess′ment, act of assessing: a valuation for the purpose of taxation: a tax; Assess′or, a legal adviser who sits beside a magistrate: one who assesses taxes: one who shares another's dignity.—adj. Assessō′rial.—n. Assess′orship. [Fr.—L. assessāre, freq. of assidēre, assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, from ad, to, at, sedēre, to sit.]

Editors Contribution

  1. assess

    To estimate the value of.

    They did assess the costs very thoroughly and realized them were going to create a new build now.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 14, 2020  


  2. assess

    To use data, facts, information, proof, research and statistics to verify the truth.

    Her employer did assess her on her ability to do her job.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'assess' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3614

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'assess' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4554

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'assess' in Verbs Frequency: #322

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of assess in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of assess in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of assess in a Sentence

  1. Fed Chair Janet Yellen:

    The pace of improvement in the labor market appears to have slowed more recently, suggesting that our cautious approach ... remains appropriate, proceeding cautiously in raising the federal funds rate will allow us to keep the monetary support to economic growth in place while we assess whether growth is returning to a moderate pace, whether the labor market will strengthen further, and whether inflation will continue to make progress.

  2. Joe Lombardo:

    As this severe weather continues to impact more residents across northern Nevada I again urge all Nevadans to stay safe, travel cautiously, and to follow all local guidance. State and federal partners will continue to monitor local damage and will work quickly to assess needed repairs across northern Nevada.

  3. Lisa Monaco:

    Moving forward, prosecutors, agents and analysts will now assess at each stage of a cyber investigation whether to use disruptive actions against cyber threats even if they might otherwise tip the cybercriminals off and jeopardize the potential for charges and arrests.

  4. Nathan M. Pusey:

    It is more difficult to maintain a realistic sense of human limitation. To refuse to become frustrated and angry, to analyze, to assess, to seek to understand and explain. To determine to be adult and fair. And, thus, to work patiently to improve while refusing to succumb to either cynicism and hopelessness. It is the long way around, but it is the civilized way, and the only way for those who have truly to understand the role of humane learning.

  5. Eldad Tamir:

    It's a bit early to assess the quality of the data and their significance, but if they are accurate, the discovery off Egypt's coast is bad news for the Israeli economy and the companies holding the (gas) assets in particular.

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Translations for assess

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  • يقدر, يُغَرِمArabic
  • облагам, (данък), определям, оценявамBulgarian
  • avaluarCatalan, Valencian
  • posoudit, ocenit, ohodnotitCzech
  • beurteilenGerman
  • imponer, evaluar, determinar, gravar, estimarSpanish
  • arvioida, määrittääFinnish
  • évaluer, infliger, estimerFrench
  • measúnaighIrish
  • tassare, stimare, applicare, estimare, valutareItalian
  • 評価するJapanese
  • aromatawaiMāori
  • opleggen, beoordelen, belasten, evaluerenDutch
  • avaliar, estimarPortuguese
  • обложи́ть, оце́нивать, [[облага́ть]] ([[налог, определи́ть, определя́ть, облага́ть, оцени́ть, штрафова́тьRussian
  • oceniť, stanoviť, zhodnotiť, ohodnotiť, vyrúbiť, uvaliťSlovak
  • değerlendirmeTurkish
  • اندازہ لگاناUrdu

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