assessment
♦ as|sess|ment /əs'esmənt/ (assessments)
1 [N-VAR]
An assessment is a consideration of someone or something and a judgment about them.
There is little assessment of the damage to the natural environment...
= evaluation
2 [N-VAR]
An assessment of the amount of money that something is worth or that should be paid is a calculation or estimate of the amount.
Price Waterhouse have traced the losses to lenders' inflated assessments of mortgaged property.
= appraisalcon|tinu|ous as|sess|ment
[N-UNCOUNT]
If pupils or students undergo continuous assessment, they get qualifications partly or entirely based on the work they do during the year, rather than on exam results. (BRIT)
1 [N-VAR]
An assessment is a consideration of someone or something and a judgment about them.
There is little assessment of the damage to the natural environment...
= evaluation
2 [N-VAR]
An assessment of the amount of money that something is worth or that should be paid is a calculation or estimate of the amount.
Price Waterhouse have traced the losses to lenders' inflated assessments of mortgaged property.
= appraisalcon|tinu|ous as|sess|ment
[N-UNCOUNT]
If pupils or students undergo continuous assessment, they get qualifications partly or entirely based on the work they do during the year, rather than on exam results. (BRIT)