assessment

[uh-ses-muhnt]

noun

1. the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.

2. an official valuation of property for the purpose of levying a tax; an assigned value.

3. an amount assessed as payable.

assessment

/ əˈsɛsmənt /

noun

1. the act of assessing, esp (in Britain) the evaluation of a student's achievement on a course

2. an amount determined as payable

3. a valuation set on taxable property, income, etc

4. evaluation; estimation

assessment

1. The appraisal of property for the purposes of taxation.

Other Word Forms

• misassessment noun
• overassessment noun
• proassessment adjective
• reassessment noun
• self-assessment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of assessment¹

First recorded in 1530–40; assess + -ment

Example Sentences

A senior White House official told CBS, the BBC's US news partner, that "our assessment is that hostages will begin getting released on Monday".

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In Pearson’s assessment, many Democrats in Congress, even those looking to pivot to a more economic populist message after 2024, lack the language and credibility to deliver that message effectively.

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"It definitely does, if I am being brutally honest," he said, upgrading an initial assessment of "probably".

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Sir Keir Starmer has said the government was only able to draw upon the previous Conservative government's assessment of China, which only went as far as calling the country an "epoch-defining challenge".

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At a fringe meeting on Monday, former Brexit minister Lord Frost gave a brutal assessment of the Conservatives' prospects under its current leader.

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Related Words

• appraisal 
• estimate 
• judgment