assessment
18
3.4
- noun
- /əˈsɛs.mənt/
- Specialized
:
tasación
- The insurance company sent an expert to carry out an assessment of the damages caused by the recent storm.
- risk assessment
- environmental assessment
- stock assessment
Examples
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In Ontario, a three-year class environmental assessment hearing on timber management is currently underway in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Academic text (1992) -
The policy was generally an economic success, but geopolitical assessments have been mixed.
Academic text (2015) -
To help you and us conduct this damage assessment.
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Now the city wants to do a full assessment, see if the building's even worth reopening.
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None of the stories identified the amount of assumed apple consumption on which the risk assessments were based.
Academic text (1998) -
Contemporary predictors of academic performance will provide the framework for such assessment programs.
Academic text (1995) -
We've been tasked with the damage assessment.
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Beyond that, I agree with your pessimistic assessment of what's in store for the OSX/iOS platform.
Blog text (15) -
The curriculum employs authentic assessment by tapping into what students know as a result of meaningful instruction.
Academic text (1995) -
In 2007, annual insurer assessments totaled $115.4 million (49% of total pool funds).
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
62
5.1
An estimate of how much something is worth
26
4.1
A written estimate of how much something is worth
1
3.5
A document that gives the likely value of something for tax or insurance
1
3.7
An official value of property or income that shows how much tax you must pay
An official check that finds how much property or goods are worth
Compounds
- Formal
1
7.4
An extra tax on private property that pays for local public work like new sidewalks
- Formal
1
3.7
An official value of property or income that shows how much tax you must pay
- Specialized
1
4.2
A test with questions to find out how a person thinks, feels, and behaves
- Specialized
A check of the supplies and support needed for a military mission
How Thorough
- Specialized
17
4.2
- Specialized
18
3.4
- Specialized
62
5.1
26
4.1
765
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Assessment was used for finding the value of property because people would 'sit' and look at houses or goods to give them a worth, and this is the idea behind assess. So an assessment is the official value set for tax or insurance.