Meanings
nounappraisal (countable and uncountable, plural appraisals)
plural appraisals
- countableuncountableThe act or process of developing an opinion of value.
She hated that silent appraisal, watching someone compare her to a version that she might have been.
2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 47 - countableuncountableA judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
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nouna document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
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Broader
commercial documentcommercial instrument
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishappraise
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishappraisal
Translations
Bulgarian оце́нка, преце́нка
- оце́нка (océnka)judgement
- преце́нка (precénka)judgement
Catalan avaluació, valoració
- avaluaciójudgement
- valoraciójudgement
Chinese Mandarin 評價 /评价
- 評價 /评价 (píngjià)judgement
Dutch schatting, taxatie
- schattingjudgement
- taxatiejudgement
- ramingjudgement
Finnish arviointi, arviolaskelma
- arviointijudgement
- arviolaskelmajudgement
French estimation, jugement
- estimationjudgement
- jugementjudgement
- évaluationjudgement
German Einschätzung, Taxierung
- Einschätzungjudgement
- Taxierungjudgement
Hindi आकलन
- आकलन (āklan)judgement
Japanese 評価
- 評価 (hyōka)judgement
Latin taxātiō, aestimātiō
- taxātiōjudgement
- aestimātiōjudgement
Māori arotakenga
- arotakengajudgement
Persian ارزیابی
- ارزیابیjudgement
Polish wycena, ocena
- wycenajudgement
- ocenajudgement
Portuguese avaliação
- avaliaçãojudgement
Romanian evaluare, apreciere
- evaluarejudgement
- aprecierejudgement
Russian оце́нка
- оце́нка (océnka)judgement
Scottish Gaelic measadh
- measadhjudgement
Spanish justipreciación, aforamiento
- justipreciaciónjudgement
- aforamientojudgement
Tamil மதிப்பீடு
- மதிப்பீடு (matippīṭu)judgement
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with appraisal
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
appraisal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appraisal
MLA
“appraisal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appraisal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appraisal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appraisal.
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