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assessment

 noun
     
Related topics: Business, Education
as‧sess‧ment S2 W2 [uncountable and countable]
1 a process in which you make a judgment about a person or situation, or the judgment you make
assessment of
What's Michael's assessment of the situation?
a reading assessment test
2 a calculation about the cost or value of something:
a tax assessment

➔ continuous assessment

at continuous (3)
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