assess

«assess» in Mova's school dictionary: To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (assess, assesses, assessed, assessing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious something is. tree →

2) To work out the amount or value of something. tree →

sense in the lessons

Very common in school: teachers assess your work; you assess your own learning; tests assess skills. In safety: assess the risk before acting. Phrases: assess the damage, risk assessment, self-assess, be assessed on.

examples

• The teacher will assess your stories next week. tree →
• First aiders assess the scene before helping. tree →
• Doctors assessed his injuries. tree →
• You will be assessed on your reading. tree →
• Assess the risks before crossing the river. tree →
• The insurer assessed the damage to the car. tree →

note

Spelling: double s twice: a-ss-e-ss. Noun: assessment. Formal; everyday: judge, check, mark.

In the corpora

• Year 6 writing in England is assessed by the teacher from work across the year; there is no single writing exam.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «assess» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.