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Assessment

/əˈsɛsmənt/ · noun

Meaning

The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed..

Definitions by Sense

  1. The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
  2. An appraisal or evaluation.

Example Sentences

For every item taken into consideration, the question of its status in terms of history has to be raised; if a word can safely be taken to have been borrowed, it will require an assessment different from that appropriate for a native lexeme.
[…] without a stemmatic approach, when this method allows clear results (and there are definitely cases where it does), it is simply impossible to provide any sound assessment of the value of the individual witnesses.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does assessment mean?

Assessment means The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed..

What is a synonym for assessment?

Common synonyms include judgment, appraisal, judgement.

What is the opposite of assessment?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use assessment in a sentence?

For every item taken into consideration, the question of its status in terms of history has to be raised; if a word can safely be taken to have been borrowed, it will require an assessment different from that appropriate for a native lexeme.

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