REASSESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reassess mean? 

• REASSESS (verb)
  The verb REASSESS has 1 sense:

1. revise or renew one's assessment

  Familiarity information: REASSESS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REASSESS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reassess    ... he / she / it reassesses   
Past simple: reassessed   
Past participle: reassessed   
-ing form: reassessing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Revise or renew one's assessment

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

reassess; reevaluate

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

reassessment (a new appraisal or evaluation)

 Context examples 

The discovery of Teleocrater rhadinus, however, has forced scientists to reassess their ideas.

(Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance, NSF)