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assessed

/əˈsɛst/
Meanings
  • verb

    judged or evaluated

  • verb

    to determine the value, worth, or quality of

Rhymes
Words rhyming with assessed
measured , rehearsed , disperse , applause , hearsed
Variants
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assess , assessed , assesses , assessing , re-assess , re-assessed , re-assesses , re-assessing , re-assessment , re-assessments , reassess , reassessed , reassesses , reassessing , reassessment , reassessments
Forms
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assesses, assessing, assessedly

Etymology
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From Old French 'asesser' meaning 'to sit down' and later 'to judge' or 'evaluate'.

Trivia
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  1. Assessed value is often used in property tax calculations.

  2. Assessments can be used to determine the fairness of a team's draft picks in sports.

  3. Assessments can also be used to evaluate the health of an individual or an organization.

Related Concepts
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  1. evaluation: The process of judging the value, worth, or quality of something.

  2. appraisal: A formal assessment of the value of an asset or property.

Quotes
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  1. Tetlock found that his experts used a double standard: they were much tougher in "assessing" the validity of information that undercut their theory than they were in crediting information that supported it.

    - Louis Menand,{it}New Yorker{/it},5 Dec. 2005

  2. Cornell graduate student James Tanner spent three years in the early 1940s slogging southern swamps and bayous to "assess" where and how the species could be saved. By his reckoning, no more than twenty-four ivory-bills remained in the entire Southeast.

    - John Terborgh,{it}New York Review of Books{/it},26 Apr. 2007

  3. When the training staff determined that Everett had no mobility below his neck, Cappuccino was waved onto the field. He performed a quick battery of tests to "assess" the severity of the injury, squeezing various parts of Everett's body and asking him to respond.

    - Tim Layden,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},17 Dec. 2007

  4. Briefly, the way it works is this. Every time a hog is sold, the seller is "assessed" 40 cents per $100 of sale value to promote the consumption of pork.

    - Warren R. Ross,{it}UU World{/it},Fall 2005
Culture
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Assessed is a common term used in various fields such as education, business, and law. In education, assessed is used to evaluate the performance of students. In business, it is used to determine the value or worth of an asset. In law, it is used to evaluate the evidence presented in a case.

How to Memorize "assessed"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a judge sitting on a throne, evaluating evidence and making a decision. Or visualize a teacher grading papers and assigning grades.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'assessed' with the word 'judged'. Or remember that assessed is like 'evaluated'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'A Seaside Seagull Sings' to remember the definition of assessed: 'A' for 'assess', 'Seaside' for 'sit down' (the origin of the word), 'Seagull' for'symbol' of evaluation, and 'Sings' for 'singing' the praises of something.

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