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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: assesser, from Latin, past participle of assidere 'to sit beside, help in making judgments', from ad- 'to' + sedere 'to sit'

assess

 verb
     
as‧sess S2 W2 [transitive]
1 to make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking carefully about it [= judge]
assess the impact/extent/effectiveness etc of something
a report to assess the impact of advertising on children
assess what/how etc
The technique is being tried in classrooms to assess what effects it may have.
be assessed as something
Many of the adults were assessed as having learning difficulties.
2 to calculate the value or cost of something
be assessed at something
The value of the business was assessed at £1.25 million.
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