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assessing

/əˈsɛsɪŋ/
Meanings
  • Verb

    The act of evaluating or judging the value, quality, or significance of something.

  • The process of making an appraisal or estimation.

Rhymes
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impressing , pressing , dressing , progressing
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
Etymology
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From Old French 'asessier' meaning 'to sit down' or 'to judge'.

Trivia
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  1. Assessing is an essential skill for effective decision-making in various aspects of life.

  2. The term 'assessing' comes from the Old French word 'asessier', which means 'to sit down' or 'to judge'.

  3. Assessing is used in various industries such as real estate, finance, and education to make informed decisions.

Related Concepts
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  1. Evaluation: The process of making a formal judgement about the quality, value, or significance of something.

  2. Appraisal: An assessment of the value of something, typically a piece of property.

  3. Assessment: An examination of a situation or issue in order to make a judgement.

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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Assessing is an important concept in various fields such as business, education, and healthcare. In business, assessing is used to determine the value of assets or to evaluate the performance of employees. In education, assessing is used to evaluate the progress and achievement of students. In healthcare, assessing is used to evaluate the health status of patients and to determine the most effective treatment plan.

How to Memorize "assessing"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine the act of evaluating or judging something. Picture yourself making a decision based on the available information.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'assessing' with the concept of 'judging' or 'evaluating'. Remember that it is an action taken to determine the value or significance of something.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'A Sees Us' to remember the meaning of assessing: 'A' for 'act', 'Sees' for 'sees' or 'evaluates', and 'Us' for 'us' or 'the one making the assessment'.

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