What is meant by assess is to evaluate, judge, estimate, or determine the value, quality, importance, or extent of something in a careful and thoughtful way. Assess is a verb that involves making judgment after examining evidence. For example, to assess risk means to examine potential dangers and estimate how likely and severe they are. To assess student means to evaluate student's knowledge, skills, and performance through tests or observation. To assess damage means to inspect damage and estimate cost or severity. To assess needs means to determine what is needed. Assess comes from Latin assidere meaning to sit beside and assist in judging, implying careful consideration. It is used in many fields, education uses assess for grading, business uses assess for evaluating performance, finance uses assess for estimating tax or value, medicine uses assess for evaluating patient condition. Similar words include evaluate, judge, appraise, estimate, and analyze, but assess emphasizes systematic examination. Opposite would be ignore or overlook. So when someone says we need to assess situation, they mean we need to carefully examine and evaluate it before deciding.
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