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assessing

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈsɛsɪŋ// UK //ɐsˈɛsɪŋ// as·sess·ing

v. to judge or decide the value, quality, or importance of something. You do this when you look at all the facts to see how good or bad a situation is.

v. to evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of something. Transitive; requires a direct object representing the entity or situation being judged.


SIMPLE

The teacher is assessing the students' work.

CONTEXTUAL

After the storm, the insurance company sent an agent to begin assessing the damage to the roof.

COMPLEX

The committee spent three months assessing the long-term environmental impact of the proposed highway before granting the construction firm a permit to begin work.

Synonyms
Usage

The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. Often used in the continuous form to describe an ongoing process of evaluation.

Pitfall

assessing about the situationassessing the situationAssess is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'about'.

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