assess
/əˈses/ v [T] (JUDGE)Definition
› to decide the quality or importance of something: A college is going to assess a student’s ability based on grades. › To assess is also to judge the cost or value of something: Government officials assessed the flood damage in the millions of dollars. assessment /əˈses·mənt/ n [C] › This is an interesting assessment of Mark Twain’s importance in American literature.
(Definition of assess v (JUDGE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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