Definitions for appraise

appraise ap·praise

Spelling: [uh-preyz]
IPA: /əˈpreɪz/

Appraise is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 274 anagrams from letters in appraise (aaeipprs).

Definitions for appraise

verb (used with object)

  1. to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess:
  2. to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc.:

Origin of appraise

1400-50; late Middle English apraysen to set a value on, probably a conflation of aprisen to apprize1 and preisen to praise (

Examples for appraise

We can now appraise the true magnitude of the errors which have been made.

She was little concerned with the morality of her course as others might appraise it.

We appraise the legacy of 9/11 through politics and the news, but side effects include numbness.

As I listen to the TV hosts jackhammering over the soft Southern accents of the guests, I appraise butts.

To collect, scrutinise, and appraise facts is his chief business.Science.

One by one she could appraise her own possessions, and those they fabled of her.

During gallery hours, he is seated at a desk, ready to “appraise” works of art as they come through the door.

Its efficiency is not the efficiency which the business engineer is fitted to appraise.

It would have been easier to appraise had there been a workable alternative.

The only standard by which the majority of us appraise our work is man's.

Word Value for appraise
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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