Assess Assessed əˈses Assessing Difficult Accurately Verb Environmental

• accurately assessing environmental impacts is very complex.
• to assess a patient’s needs
• it's difficult to assess the effects of these changes.
• interviews allow you to assess the suitability of candidates.

assess

Verb Forms

1. to make a judgement about the nature or quality of somebody/something
• Accurately assessing environmental impacts is very complex.
• to assess a patient’s needs
• It's difficult to assess the effects of these changes.
• Interviews allow you to assess the suitability of candidates.
• She engaged a safety consultant to assess the risks.
• Quality of life was assessed using a questionnaire.
• The young men were assessed as either safe or unsafe drivers.
• I'd assess your chances as low.
• The committee assesses whether a building is worth preserving.
• We are trying to assess how well the system works.

Extra Examples

• She carefully assessed the situation.
• The new patient is assessed by the nursing staff.
• The company has put great effort into assessing the needs of its customers.
• The national curriculum involves assessing pupils at ages 7, 11, 14 and 16.
• The tests are used to assess individual students' ability and knowledge.
• The studies were independently assessed by several researchers.
• She decided to get her daughter assessed for dyslexia.
• A mountain guide is trained and assessed on five gruelling courses.
2. to calculate the amount or value of something
• They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid.
• Damage to the building was assessed at £40 000.

Extra Examples

• The Inland Revenue assessed the value of the paintings at £8 million.
• It is very difficult to assess accurately the costs of corporate crime.
• The legal costs have been assessed at $75 000.
• It is difficult to assess the building's value properly without seeing it.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French assesser, based on Latin assidere ‘sit by’ (in medieval Latin ‘levy tax’), from ad- ‘to, at’ + sedere ‘sit’. Compare with assizes.