Thesaurus results for ASSESSMENT

assessment

noun

ə-ˈses-mənt

Definition of assessment

as in tax

a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use hated paying the annual assessment on his car

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as in appraisal

an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something I'm far too quiet, in the assessment of my new boss

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as in evaluation

the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something we may have been too hasty in our assessment of the value of the property

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Recent Examples of assessment Individual sites, ownership structures and schedules remain undecided, and each project will require separate commercial assessments and approvals. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026 The 10% cap on annual assessment increases for non-homestead properties would be lowered to 5%. — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 Americans’ assessments of both current and future economic conditions deteriorated and more said a recession is likely in the next 12 months. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 Tingley was repeatedly taken to the emergency room for assessment, hospital records show. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assessment

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The tax generates more than a half-billion dollars for county public schools, district estimates show, and the vast majority of it supplements the salaries of teachers like Fortich.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Families who expect their child to go to college may consider opening a 529 savings plan which offers tax advantages like tax-free growth when it's used for qualifying education expenses and potentially state tax-deductible contributions.

— Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

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And in the full sentence that is a school, curricular interruptions are security threats to the accreditation evaluation that protects the bottom line.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, of Florida was deemed mentally competent by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi, meaning the criminal case can proceed after a competency evaluation delayed it for more than four months.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of evaluation

Noun

The typical cost of a flood insurance policy is $1,100 per year, up roughly 90% in the last five years, the AP's estimates show.

— MICHAEL PHILLIS, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
The Stanford authors say their findings are descriptive patterns, not causal estimates, and the gaps shrink when education is accounted for.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of estimate

Noun

Pose estimation has been studied for health and rehabilitation applications, including measuring a person’s gait, monitoring rehabilitation exercises and assessing movement patterns associated with the risk of falling.

— Bo Wang, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
This one was shaped by Week 1 results, which seemed to verify that the rebuilding Dolphins are bad, while greatly elevating estimation of the Niners.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of estimation

Noun

The youth movement, which emerged earlier this year out of anger over high unemployment among young people and leaked examination papers, has grown into a political force.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Writer-director Reed Van Dyk’s feature debut navigates tricky emotional waters but emerges as a trenchant examination of what forgiveness and penitence can look like, allowing no room for anything resembling a pat happy ending.

— Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of examination

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