Meaning & use
Assessing
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Evaluating or judging the nature, quality, or value of something.
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The teacher spent the afternoon assessing student essays.
Engineers are still assessing the damage caused by the earthquake.
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From 'assess,' rooted in Latin 'assidere,' meaning 'to sit beside,' originally used of judges.
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