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

Recent reporting suggests several technology companies are already reassessing this approach. — Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Weeks later, the earnings reports for Big Tech led the market to reassess reality yet again. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

In an interview with the ECB website, Root was keen to pay tribute to Stokes, one of his closest friends, but acknowledged that the team would need to reassess its approach under Fleming. — Andrew Fifield, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Researchers needed to reassess the risk and discover if there is a different safety profile for the nonambulatory population. — Kat Bryant Knudson, STAT, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1689, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reassess

• abbess
• abscess
• access
• address
• assess
• caress
• confess
• depress
• digress
• distress
• egress
• excess