appraisal
appraisal
nounDefinition of APPRAISAL
1
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something <gave us a positive appraisal of his artistic talents>
Synonyms appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, fix, judgment (or judgement), value judgment
Related Words aperçu, feeling, impression, notion, perception; confidence, faith, stock, trust; belief, conviction, mind, persuasion, sentiment, view; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, surmise, theory
2
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something <the appraisal of the house's value took place yesterday>
Related Words calculation, computation, measurement, mensuration; audit, check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey; reassessment, transvaluation; overestimation, overevaluation; underestimation
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