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assessment

noun
assessment pronunciation English əˈsesmənt assessment pronunciation American əˈsesmənt
 
1 [countable] an opinion or a judgement about somebody/something that has been thought about very carefully
Synonym
evaluationa detailed assessment of the risks involvedhis assessment of the situationAn adequate environmental impact assessment was not carried out on the bypass project.2 [uncountable] the act of judging or forming an opinion about somebody/somethingwritten exams and other forms of assessmentObjective assessment of the severity of the problem was difficult. see also continuous assessment3 [countable] an amount that has been calculated and that must be paida tax assessment