assessment
Other forms: assessments
Assessment is a word you hear a lot around schools — an assessment is an evaluation, and one type of assessment is used to measure what someone knows or has learned. Tests and term papers can be assessment tools.
More than just students are given assessments. You might bring your dad's plastic gnome collection to an expert for an assessment and find out it's worth all of $15.35. You might make a quick assessment of a sticky situation — say it's you, a tasty ham sandwich, and your hungry dog— and decide to run.
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the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
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justice
judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
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adjudication
the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented
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disapproval
the act of disapproving or condemning
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evaluation, rating
act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
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estimate, estimation
a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
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logistic assessment
a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation
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value judgement, value judgment
an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed
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administration, judicature
the act of meting out justice according to the law
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grading, marking, scoring
evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
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appraisal
an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something
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moralism
judgments about another person's morality
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capitalisation, capitalization
an estimation of the value of a business
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disparagement, dispraise
the act of speaking contemptuously of
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condemnation
(law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)
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branding, stigmatisation, stigmatization
the act of stigmatizing
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act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen
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the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
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critical analysis, critical appraisal
an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation
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evaluation, rating, valuation
an appraisal of the value of something
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assay, check
an appraisal of the state of affairs
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acid test
a rigorous or crucial appraisal
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reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, review
a new appraisal or evaluation
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underevaluation
an appraisal that underestimates the value of something
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criticism, critique
a serious examination and judgment of something
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overvaluation
too high a value or price assigned to something
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undervaluation
too low a value or price assigned to something
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pricing
the evaluation of something in terms of its price
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reevaluation
the evaluation of something a second time (or more)
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grade, mark, score
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
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bond rating
an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default
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countercheck, double check
something that checks the correctness of a previous check
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Apgar score
an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant; involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness
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paternity test
a test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child; negative results prove he was not the father but positive results show only that he could be
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stress test
a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress
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stock-taking, stocktaking
reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook
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categorisation, categorization, classification, sorting
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
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the market value set on assets
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tax assessment
the value set on taxable property
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cost, monetary value, price
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
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tax assessment
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an amount determined as payable“the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership”
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charge
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
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charge
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Vocabulary lists containing assessment
Whether you're preparing for a standardized test, hoping to improve your comprehension of reading assignments, or simply looking to increase your word knowledge, our lists of essential, high-frequency words will put you on the path to vocabulary success. Here are links to our lists in this collection: List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4
The full title of this declaration includes a focus on citizenship, and it was published two years after the declaration of rights for men and immediately after the National Assembly of France rejected a proposal to extend the rights to women. With an ironic tone, the writer and activist Olympe de Gouges dedicated it to Marie Antoinette, who -- as a woman -- was not seen as an equal. And, as a queen, she did nothing to promote gender equality (yet she was eventually given a trial and death sentence equal to that of King Louis XVI). While a postscript and form for a social contract are also included, the main structure and contents of this declaration parallel and parody its male counterpart. Compare these lists to hear the echoes. E-text available here. Here are links to our lists on rights: The Declaration of Independence, Declaration of the Rights of Man, Declaration of the Rights of Woman, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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