ASSESSMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assessment mean? 

• ASSESSMENT (noun)
  The noun ASSESSMENT has 4 senses:

1. the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

2. an amount determined as payable

3. the market value set on assets

4. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

  Familiarity information: ASSESSMENT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSESSMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

appraisal; assessment

Hypernyms ("assessment" is a kind of...):

categorisation; categorization; classification; sorting (the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assessment"):

critical analysis; critical appraisal (an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation)

evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)

assay; check (an appraisal of the state of affairs)

acid test (a rigorous or crucial appraisal)

reappraisal; reassessment; revaluation; review (a new appraisal or evaluation)

underevaluation (an appraisal that underestimates the value of something)

Derivation:

assess (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An amount determined as payable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership

Hypernyms ("assessment" is a kind of...):

charge (financial liabilities (such as a tax))

Derivation:

assess (set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine))

assess (charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The market value set on assets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("assessment" is a kind of...):

cost; monetary value; price (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assessment"):

tax assessment (the value set on taxable property)

Derivation:

assess (estimate the value of (property) for taxation)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

assessment; judgement; judgment

Context example:

they criticized my judgment of the contestants

Hypernyms ("assessment" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assessment"):

justice (judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments)

adjudication (the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented)

disapproval (the act of disapproving or condemning)

evaluation; rating (act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of)

estimate; estimation (a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody)

logistic assessment (a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation)

value judgement; value judgment (an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed)

 Context examples 

The technique used to administer a microbiology susceptibility assessment.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Method, NCI Thesaurus)

The literal identifier of the laboratory that performs a microbiology susceptibility assessment.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Laboratory Name, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication that a data element corresponding to a microbiology susceptibility assessment has been derived from one or more data elements.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Derived Flag, NCI Thesaurus)

The value in which the outcome of the microbiology susceptibility assessment observation was originally reported.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Original Result, NCI Thesaurus)

The unit of measure first specified in the microbiology susceptibility assessment.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Original Result Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of characters that represents a microbiology susceptibility assessment.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Test Code, NCI Thesaurus)

One or more sponsor defined characters used to identify, name, or characterize the microbiology susceptibility assessment.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Sponsor Defined Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

The numerical identifier of a microbiology susceptibility assessment result in standard units.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Result in Standard Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

The day that a microbiology susceptibility assessment is performed.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Day, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication or description of a baseline value within a microbiology susceptibility assessment.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Baseline Flag, NCI Thesaurus)