assess
assess
verb
OPAL W
/əˈses/
1 to make a judgement about the nature or quality of somebody/something
assess 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.
assess somebody/something as something The young men were assessed as either safe or unsafe drivers.
I'd assess your chances as low.
assess whether, how, etc… The committee assesses whether a building is worth preserving.
We are trying to assess how well the system works.
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.
TOPICS Opinion and argument B2
TOPICS Education B2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
fullyaccuratelycorrectly…
verb + assess
attempt totry tohelp to…
preposition
for
2 ​to calculate the amount or value of something
SYNONYM estimate
assess something They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid.
assess something at something Damage to the building was assessed at £40 000.
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.
Collocations
adverb
accuratelycorrectlyproperly…
verb + assess
attempt totry tobe difficult to…
preposition
at
評価する、査定する
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.