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IELTS word

assess

/əˈsɛs/verb

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English definition

to examine something and judge its condition or quality

Common phrases / collocations

  1. assess risk
  2. assess the impact
  3. carefully assess

Example sentences

  1. 1.

    The engineer assessed the cracked bridge support.

  2. 2.

    Doctors assessed his condition.

  3. 3.

    We need to assess the risks first.

Recorded study sentence

The engineer assessed the bridge support.

Visual learning

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A structural engineer measures and studies a crack in a bridge support.
to examine something and judge its condition or quality
1measures the crack
2records the condition
looks closely→judges the condition