0 the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that is made: --
Both their assessments of production costs were hopelessly inaccurate.
1 the process of considering all the information about a situation or a person and making a judgement: --
They have asked for an independent safety assessment of the factory.
initial/preliminary assessment According to our initial assessment, progress was considerably slower than had been predicted.
a detailed/thorough assessment They intend to conduct a more detailed assessment of potential clients.
conduct/give/make an assessment The first thing you must do is make an assessment of the situation.
2 the process of considering the amount or value of something, or the decision that is made: --
3 the process of calculating how much tax someone must pay, or the amount that must be paid: --
4 the process of testing, and making a judgement about , someone's knowledge, ability, skills, etc.: --
Every new employee will need to take an English-language assessment test.
The diploma will be awarded based on a final exam and continuous assessment throughout the course.
Reports should specify why an assessment has been undertaken and, where appropriate, who has requested this work.
Where possible, data from sufficient numbers of separate experiments should be reported to permit assessment of the reproducibility and significance of the results.
The patients reported that they did not find the use of the assessment sheet a burden, and more than half reported that it was useful.
The assessment of workload and team effectiveness is reported elsewhere.
A revised class play method of peer assessment.
Questionnaire on priority assessment of patients referred to orthopedic surgeons showed great differences between reviewers.
There is an increasing need for assessments of the status of monkey populations both within and outside protected areas.
The order of the assessments (medical and psychological) was randomly assigned within each subject group.