reassess

verb

re·​ass·​ess ˌrē-ə-ˈses 

-a-ˈses

reassessed; reassessing; reassesses

transitive verb

: to assess (something) again

reassess the damage

reassessed her priorities/goals/values

… had the sense to reassess their situation before making a critical error.

—Stephen Lias

… some people in the community are reassessing the role of athletics at an academically poor school.

—Randal C. Archibold

reassessment

ˌrē-ə-ˈses-mənt 

-a-ˈses-

noun

plural reassessments

… recent discoveries … are forcing a reassessment of long-established theories …

—Larry Rohter

Examples of reassess in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As universities reassess admissions requirements and international recruitment strategies, English-language testing has become a more contested space. —Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026

The analyst added that recent checks suggest skepticism around the durability of Palantir’s enterprise customers on the commercial side, who appear to be reassessing or moving off of the company. —Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026

For her, that meant reassessing what she most valued, and stepping back from the near-constant rotation of museum and gallery exhibitions. —Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026

Modular, multi‑segment vehicle Jacquet’s concept emerged as France was being liberated and reassessing the limits of contemporary armored warfare. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1689, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reassess

• abs
• acquiesce
• ancestress
• authoress
• coalesce
• decompress
• dispossess
• faithfulness
• letterpress
• mayoress
• murderess
• nonetheless