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# assessment

«assessment» in Mova's school dictionary: **a test or task to find out what someone knows or can do** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an assessment, assessments)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An assessment is a test or task to find out what someone knows or can do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#m1)

2) An assessment is a careful judgement about a situation, a risk or a value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, assessments include tests, quizzes and marked work. In safety, a «risk assessment» checks dangers before a trip or activity. In everyday life and money: assessment of damage after a storm. Phrases: «risk assessment», «end-of-unit assessment».

### examples

- We have a maths assessment on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x1)
- The teacher's assessment showed I need to practise fractions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x2)
- The school did a risk assessment before the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x3)
- Doctors made an assessment of her injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x4)
- Your assessment of the problem was right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x5)
- The reading assessment took twenty minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x6)

### note

Spelling: double «s» twice: a-ss-e-ss-ment. Verb: assess. Assessment can be informal (a quick check), not only a big exam.

### Trees and pragmatics

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