Meanings
present singular third person assesses · participle present assessing · participle past assessed · past assessed
- transitiveTo determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
He assessed the situation.
2 more examples
An insurance adjuster will assess the damage.
Similarly, the Paris Agreement allowed countries to voluntarily report their military emissions, which means that we still do not have any way to accurately assess the global environmental toll of warfare.
2025 November 20, Simmone Shah, “Ukraine to Claim $44bn in Climate Damages From Russia. Why War Is So Bad For Emissions”, in TIME, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025Synonyms: esteem, rate, value, appraise, apprise, apprize, esteem, evaluate
- transitiveTo impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.
We were assessed $750 in court costs.
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The referee assessed a penalty for delaying the game.
A $10.00 late fee will be assessed on all overdue accounts.
Judge Cohen ruled that Blacklock, McKenzie and Benschop must make restitution for the $50.29 damage and that each must pay a mandatory $40.00 surcharge assessed to anybody who is found guilty of a misdemeanor in New York state.
1984 February 4, Christine Guilfoy, “Three Seneca Women Get 89 Days in Jail”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
More synonyms by meaning
verbevaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
verbcharge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
verbestimate the value of (property) for taxation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sedéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sedēō
- Latinsedeō
- Latinassideō
- Latinassessus
- Medieval Latinassessare
- Old Frenchassesser
- Middle Englishassessen
- Englishassess
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”). Cognate with Spanish asentar (“to settle”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic يُقَدِّر, يُغَرِّم
- يُقَدِّر (yuqaddir)to determine the value of
- يُغَرِّم (yuḡarrim)to give or charge with
Basque balio eman, baloratu
- balio emanto determine the value of
- baloratuto determine the value of
- neurtuto determine the value of
Bulgarian оценя́вам, облагам
- оценя́вам (ocenjávam)to determine the value of
- облагам (oblagam)to give or charge with
- определям (opredeljam)to impose or subject to
Catalan avaluar, valorar
- avaluarto determine the value of
- valorarto determine the value of
- estimarto determine the value of
- gravarto impose or subject to
Czech ohodnotit, ocenit
- ohodnotitto determine the value of
- ocenitto determine the value of
Danish vurdere
- vurdereto determine the value of
Dutch beoordelen, evalueren
- beoordelento determine the value of
- evaluerento determine the value of
- belastento give or charge with
- opleggento impose or subject to
Esperanto taksi
- taksito determine the value of
Finnish arvioida, määrittää
- arvioidato determine the value of
- määrittääto determine the value of
- antaato give or charge with
- jakaato give or charge with
- tarkastaato impose or subject to
- määrittääto impose or subject to
French estimer, évaluer
- estimerto determine the value of
- évaluerto determine the value of
- infligerto give or charge with
German schätzen, bewerten
- schätzento determine the value of
- bewertento determine the value of
- einschätzento determine the value of
- beurteilento determine the value of
- erhebento give or charge with
- auferlegento give or charge with
- bemessento impose or subject to
Greek αξιολογώ, εκτιμώ
- αξιολογώ (axiologó)to determine the value of
- εκτιμώ (ektimó)to determine the value of
- αποτιμώ (apotimó)to determine the value of
- υπολογίζω (ypologízo)to determine the value of
Hindi मूल्यांकन करना
- मूल्यांकन करना (mūlyāṅkan karnā)to determine the value of
Hungarian kiértékel, felbecsül
- kiértékelto determine the value of
- felbecsülto determine the value of
- felmérto determine the value of
- megállapítto determine the value of
- értékelto determine the value of
- megítélto give or charge with
- előírto give or charge with
- kivetto impose or subject to
- kiróto impose or subject to
- kiszabto impose or subject to
Irish measúnaigh
- measúnaighto determine the value of
Italian valutare, stimare
- valutareto determine the value of
- stimareto determine the value of
- estimareto determine the value of
- tassareto impose or subject to
- applicareto impose or subject to
Latin aestimō, taxō
- aestimōto determine the value of
- taxōto determine the value of
Māori aromatawai
- aromatawaito determine the value of
Polish oceniać, ocenić
- oceniaćto determine the value of
- ocenićto determine the value of
- wyceniaćto determine the value of
- wycenićto determine the value of
- szacowaćto determine the value of
- oszacowaćto determine the value of
- określaćto determine the value of
- określićto determine the value of
- nakładać karęto give or charge with
- nałożyć karęto give or charge with
- nakładaćto impose or subject to
- nałożyćto impose or subject to
Portuguese estimar, avaliar
- estimarto determine the value of
- avaliarto determine the value of
Russian определя́ть, определи́ть
- определя́ть (opredeljátʹ)to determine the value of
- определи́ть (opredelítʹ)to determine the value of
- оце́нивать (océnivatʹ)to determine the value of
- оцени́ть (ocenítʹ)to determine the value of
- облага́ть (oblagátʹ)to give or charge with
- обложи́ть (obložítʹ)to give or charge with
- облага́тьto impose or subject to
- штрафова́ть (štrafovátʹ)to impose or subject to
Slovak oceniť, ohodnotiť
- oceniťto determine the value of
- ohodnotiťto determine the value of
- zhodnotiťto determine the value of
- vyrúbiťto give or charge with
- stanoviťto give or charge with
- vyrúbiťto impose or subject to
- uvaliťto impose or subject to
Spanish evaluar, estimar
- evaluarto determine the value of
- estimarto determine the value of
- expertizarto determine the value of
- determinarto give or charge with
- gravarto impose or subject to
- imponerto impose or subject to
Swedish värdera, belasta
- värderato determine the value of
- belastato give or charge with
- föreläggato impose or subject to
Turkish değerlendirmek
- değerlendirmekto determine the value of
Ukrainian визнача́ти, ви́значити
- визнача́ти (vyznačáty)to determine the value of
- ви́значити (význačyty)to determine the value of
- оці́нювати (ocínjuvaty)to determine the value of
- оціни́ти (ocinýty)to determine the value of
- оподатко́вувати (opodatkóvuvaty)to impose or subject to
- оподаткува́ти (opodatkuváty)to impose or subject to
- штрафува́ти (štrafuváty)to impose or subject to
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with assess
Cite this entry
assess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assess
“assess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assess.
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