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# assess

«assess» in Mova's school dictionary: **To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (assess, assesses, assessed, assessing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious something is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/#m1)

2) To work out the amount or value of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in school: teachers assess your work; you assess your own learning; tests assess skills. In safety: assess the risk before acting. Phrases: assess the damage, risk assessment, self-assess, be assessed on.

### examples

- The teacher will assess your stories next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/#x1)
- First aiders assess the scene before helping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/#x2)
- Doctors assessed his injuries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/#x3)
- You will be assessed on your reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/#x4)
- Assess the risks before crossing the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/#x5)
- The insurer assessed the damage to the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/#x6)

### note

Spelling: double s twice: a-ss-e-ss. Noun: assessment. Formal; everyday: judge, check, mark.

### In the corpora

- [Year 6 writing in England is assessed by the teacher from work across the year; there is no single writing exam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «assess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.