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Assess

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

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Verb group 10

Appraise 84% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

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Appraise 84% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

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Evaluate 84% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Evaluate 84% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Measure 84% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Measure 84% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Tax 84% connected

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

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Tax 84% connected

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

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Value 84% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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Value 84% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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Approximate 76% connected

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

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Bill 76% connected

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Estimate 76% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Gauge 76% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Guess 76% connected

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Manner of action 8

Censor 76% connected

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals a…

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Grade 76% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Praise 76% connected

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Standardize 76% connected

To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.

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Value 76% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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Derivationally related 10

Assessable 74% connected

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

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Assessable 74% connected

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

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Assessee 74% connected

One who is assessed.

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Assessee 74% connected

One who is assessed.

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Assessment 74% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

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Assessment 74% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

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Measurement 74% connected

The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.

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Measurement 74% connected

The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.

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Quantity 74% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Quantity 74% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Synonym 5

Appraise 92% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Evaluate 92% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Measure 92% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tax 92% connected

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Value 92% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Near synonym 2

Evaluate 94% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 80% interchangeable

Often interchangeable with evaluate, although evaluate more strongly suggests applying explicit criteria.

Think 80% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

general 54% interchangeable

Assess overlaps with think, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Related word 1

Analyse 80% connected

Alt. of Analyser

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 25% interchangeable less formal

It is more explicitly judgement-oriented than analyse.

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