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# assessment

noun (an assessment, assessments)

«assessment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An assessment is a test or task to find out what someone knows or can do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#m1)
2. An assessment is a careful judgement about a situation, a risk or a value. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, assessments include tests, quizzes and marked work. In safety, a «risk assessment» checks dangers before a trip or activity. In everyday life and money: assessment of damage after a storm. Phrases: «risk assessment», «end-of-unit assessment».

### Examples

- We have a maths assessment on Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x1)
- The teacher's assessment showed I need to practise fractions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x2)
- The school did a risk assessment before the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x3)
- Doctors made an assessment of her injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x4)
- Your assessment of the problem was right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x5)
- The reading assessment took twenty minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: double «s» twice: a-ss-e-ss-ment. Verb: assess. Assessment can be informal (a quick check), not only a big exam.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «assessment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assessment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«assessment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assessment.html) on Mova free.