Definitions for assess

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assess as·sess

Spelling: [uh-ses]

IPA: /əˈsɛs/

Assess is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in assess (aessss).

Definitions for assess

verb (used with object)

1. to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
2. to fix or determine the amount of (damages, a tax, a fine, etc.):
3. to impose a tax or other charge on.
4. to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate:

Origin of assess

1400-50; late Middle English assessen Medieval Latin assessāre to assess a tax, derivative of Latin assēssus seated beside (a judge) (past participle of assidēre), equivalent to as- Examples for assess

“I would advise any candidate to assess their viability and not just do a token run,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster.

Crowe recently returned from a visit to Liberia to assess the situation on the ground and will share her knowledge and experience.

We said we might buy something more and he could assess them all together.

The artist came down and stood beside his patron to assess things.

“My job was to assess their fear and then harp on that fear, capitalize on that fear and get them to buy,” said Maddox, 33.

I have no right to—to assess it, to make a definition of it.

She could not assess her trespass by any moral code; it was everything or nothing.

How can it step out of the scales and assess its own weight?

But as with so many customs, little information is available to assess the impact of clay and its congeners on human health.

I cannot pretend to assess impartially the value of this movement.