assess
/əˈsɛs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.07 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He assessed the situation."
- "An insurance adjuster will assess the damage."
- "Similarly, the Paris Agreement allowed countries to voluntarily report their military emissions, which means that we still do not have any way to accurately assess the global environmental toll of warfare."
- "The referee assessed a penalty for delaying the game."
- "A $10.00 late fee will be assessed on all overdue accounts."
- "We were assessed $750 in court costs."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin assideō Latin assessus Medieval Latin assessareder. Old French assesserbor. Middle English assessen English assess From Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, originally the frequentative of Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”). Cognate with Spanish asentar (“to settle”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈsɛs/
- British English: /əˈsɛs/