ASSESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assess mean? 

• ASSESS (verb)
  The verb ASSESS has 4 senses:

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

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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they assess    ... he / she / it assesses   
Past simple: assessed   
Past participle: assessed   
-ing form: assessing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value

Context example:

access all the factors when taking a risk

Hypernyms (to "assess" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Verb group:

assess (estimate the value of (property) for taxation)

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

Derivation:

assessable (capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation)

assessment (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)

assessor (an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it)

Sense 2

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)

Verb group:

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

assessee (a person (or property) that is assessed)

assessment (an amount determined as payable)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

assess; tax

Hypernyms (to "assess" is one way to...):

determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)

Verb group:

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

assessment (an amount determined as payable)

Sense 4

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))

Verb group:

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

assessable (capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation)

assessment (the market value set on assets)

 Context examples 

A validated instrument to assess ataxia using five criteria for evaluation: Gait, Knee-tibia test, Finger-to-nose test, Dysarthria, and Occulomotor abnormalities.

(Brief Ataxia Rating Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

A brief questionnaire for assessing body image changes in patients with cancer.

(Body Image Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantitative measurement for assessing the amount of protein present in a blood sample.

(Blood Protein Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A 9-item questionnaire, developed by Cleeland and Mendoza, designed to assess the severity of fatigue and the impact of fatigue on daily functioning in cancer patients.

(Brief Fatigue Inventory, NCI Thesaurus)

Each symptom is rated on a scale of 1-7 or 1-9 with 1 being non-existent and 7 being very severe; 9 represents 'can not be assessed'.

(Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale A Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

The explanation given as to why microbiology susceptibility was not assessed.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Reason Not Done, NCI Thesaurus)

The explanation given as to why microbiology specimen was not assessed.

(Microbiology Specimen Assessment Reason Not Done, NCI Thesaurus)

The plate is incubated for a specified period of time and each well is assessed for bacterial cell growth.

(Micro Broth Dilution Method, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantitative measurement for assessing the amount of glucose present in a blood sample.

(Blood Glucose Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A method to assess body composition, i.e., the relative percentages of body weight comprised of fat tissue and lean body mass.

(Bioelectric Impedance Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)