assessment

[əˈsesmənt]

Definition:
1. The market value set on assets.
2. An opinion or a judgement about something that has been thought about very carefully.
3. An amount determined as payable.
4. The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth.

Use 'assessment' in a sentence:

1. First aid requires rapid assessment of victims to decide whether life-threatening conditions exist.
2. This assessment is only a framework.
3. The government is rejigging some tax assessment methods.
4. Objective assessment of the severity of the problem was difficult.
5. You know I'm really dreading the first assessment.
6. The government has totally ballsed up the whole assessment process by going to the system they did.
7. But the United Nations climate panel's latest assessment tells us precisely the opposite.
8. Heggie was remanded to a mental hospital for assessment by doctors.
9. He is currently focusing on assessment and development.
10. The researchers used a psychological assessment tool to test the validity of the study.
11. Examination is by continuous assessment.
12. How thorough is the assessment?
13. The coroner concurred with this assessment.
14. The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.
15. The euphoria is giving way to a more sober assessment of the situation.
16. His assessment of the situation.
17. The balance continues to swing away from final examinations to continuous assessment.
18. Increases in nonnutritive sucking were first used as an assessment measure by researchers in 1969.
19. The tests and teacher assessments have equal weighting.
20. The general assessment of his work is 70% achievements and 30% mistakes.
21. His assessment only serves to demonstrate the superficiality of the judgements we make when we first meet people.
22. What is your assessment of the situation?
23. The government is rejiggering some tax assessment methods.
24. This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.
25. He was ordered to pay the company $500,000 on account pending a final assessment of his liability.
26. Its scope does not include an assessment of risk for coffee and other hot beverages.
27. Price Waterhouse have traced the losses to lenders' inflated assessments of mortgaged property.
28. You are nearing the end of your training and you haven't attempted any assessments yet.
29. Her assessment is based on the proposition that power corrupts.
30. An assessment by an independent educational psychologist was essential.
31. The detailed assessment of the latest census will be ready in three months.
32. What's your assessment of her chances of winning?
33. The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests.
34. He wrote a very generous assessment of my work.
35. His assessment of the situation was spot on.
36. The tests are supposed to provide a basis for the assessment of children.
37. This was an uncharitable assessment of the reasons for the failure.
38. I think it may take sometime before we can have an accurate assessment of the damage.
39. There is little assessment of the damage to the natural environment.
40. She showed great perception in her assessment of the family situation.
41. The college has a highly formalized system of assessment.
42. I have a pupil who scored very low in assessments but is keen as mustard.