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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAssessment
/əˈses.mənt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.
"The teacher conducted a thorough assessment of the students' progress."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Middle English word 'assess', stemming from the Medieval Latin 'assessare' (to fix a tax), from Latin 'assidere' (to sit by). Historically evolving from legal and financial property valuations into educational and psychological testing and evaluations in the 20th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Assessment" is said worldwide
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évaluation
Transliteration: évaluation
"L'évaluation des compétences est nécessaire."
Einschätzung
Transliteration: Einschätzung
"Seine Einschätzung der Situation war korrekt."
valutazione
Transliteration: valutazione
"La valutazione finale sarà la settimana prossima."
evaluación
Transliteration: evaluación
"La evaluación del proyecto fue muy positiva."
avaliação
Transliteration: avaliação
"A avaliação de desempenho ocorre anualmente."
मूल्यांकन
Transliteration: mulyankan
"छात्रों का मूल्यांकन बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है।"
评估
Transliteration: pínggǔ
"我们需要对风险进行全面评估。"
평가
Transliteration: pyeongga
"이번 평가는 매우 엄격하게 진행됩니다."
評価
Transliteration: hyōka
"その状況の正確な評価が必要です。"
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