Assessed
/əˈsɛst/
verbIntermediateCommonLegal
Meaning
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1
To make a judgment about the amount, value, quality, or importance of something.
/əˈsɛst/
verbneutralIntermediate
Legal
To evaluate or estimate the value or worth of something.
The doctor assessed the patient's injuries.
💡 Simply: To figure out how much something is worth.
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2
The committee assessed the risks involved in the project.
How It's Used
Education
"The teacher assessed the students' performance on the exam."
Finance
"The bank assessed the value of the property before offering a loan."
From Middle English *assesseren, from Old French *asseer, from Latin *assidere ('to sit beside, to assess, to levy').
Historically, 'assess' was often used in the context of taxation, referring to the official evaluation of property for tax purposes.
Memory tip
Think of 'assess' as 'as-sess' - to sit beside and carefully judge.
Practice
Base: assess
assesedasestassesst
Usage
20%Spoken
80%Written