assess

B2 Topic:Money & Finance

Also spelled assesed

US /əˈses/ UK /əˈsɛs/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #12383

Meanings

1

verb
To carefully judge the quality, value, or importance of something.

They assessed the situation carefully before responding.
2

verb
To estimate the value of property in order to set a tax.

The city assessed the value of our house for tax purposes.
3

verb
To officially decide on an amount someone must pay, such as a fine.

The referee assessed a penalty for the late tackle.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to carefully judge the... measure appraise evaluate judge

Word family

Forms assessedassessesassessing

Derived forms assessabilityassessableassessablyassesseeassessibleassessinglyassessmentmisassessnonassessedoverassessoverassessmentpreassess

Related forms assessor

Common collocations

assess the situation Verb + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin assideō Latin assessus Medieval Latin assessareder. Old French assesserbor. Middle English assessen English assess From Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, originally the frequentative of Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down…

*sed- Proto-Indo-European assessen Middle English assesser Old French assessare la-med assessus Latin

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Topics

Money & Finance

# assess

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** əˈses
**IPA (UK):** əˈsɛs
**Frequency rank:** 12383

## Meanings
1. To carefully judge the quality, value, or importance of something.
2. To estimate the value of property in order to set a tax.
3. To officially decide on an amount someone must pay, such as a fine.

## Examples
- They assessed the situation carefully before responding.
- The city assessed the value of our house for tax purposes.
- The referee assessed a penalty for the late tackle.

## Derived Forms
- assessability
- assessable
- assessably
- assessee
- assessible
- assessingly
- assessment
- misassess
- nonassessed
- overassess
- overassessment
- preassess

## Related Forms
- assessor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sed-
- Root: assessen
- Root: assesser
- Root: assessare
- Root: assessus

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin assideō Latin assessus Medieval Latin assessareder. Old French assesserbor. Middle English assessen English assess From Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, originally the frequentative of Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down…

## AI Etymology
Assess comes from Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, originally the frequentative of Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from ad (“to, towards, at”) The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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