🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

évaluer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: évaluer

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Assess/əˈsɛs/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1420 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il est important d'évaluer les risques avant de commencer le projet."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, or significance of something.

    "The teacher took time to assess each student's progress throughout the semester."
  2. 2

    To calculate or estimate the price, value, or amount of something, especially for taxation.

    "An independent expert was hired to assess the value of the damaged property."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the medieval Latin verb assessare (meaning 'to fix a tax'), from assidere 'to sit by', formed from ad- 'to' + sedere 'to sit'. Historically, it originally referred to the legal sitting of judges or tax officials to determine the value of property for taxation before broadening to general evaluation.

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