ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAassess
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assess
Meaning: to judge or estimate the value, quality, or importance of something
assess in a sentence
How assess is used in real sentences:
The teacher will assess each essay for evidence and organization.
The committee met to assess the strength of each proposal.
“The scientists wanted to assess how well the caterpillars could resist these hungry guests.”
— from the passage A Battle Inside
Synonyms for assess
Other words for assess — evaluate, judge and estimate — carry the same meaning.
- evaluate
- judge
- estimate
Where it comes from
From Latin assidere 'to sit beside' (a judge's assistant) (ad- + sedere 'to sit').
Memory hook
To assess is to size up a situation.