appraise

  • 11appraise — UK [əˈpreɪz] / US verb [transitive] Word forms appraise : present tense I/you/we/they appraise he/she/it appraises present participle appraising past tense appraised past participle appraised 1) formal to form an opinion about how successful,… …

    English dictionary

  • 12appraise — [15] Originally, appraise meant simply ‘fix the price of’. It came from the Old French verb aprisier ‘value’, which is ultimately a parallel formation with appreciate; it is not clear whether it came directly from late Latin appretiāre, or… …

    Word origins

  • 13appraise — transitive verb (appraised; appraising) Etymology: Middle English appraysen, probably from Anglo French *appreiser, from a (from Latin ad ) + preiser to prize, praise Date: 15th century 1. to set a value on ; estimate the amount of …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14appraise — appraisable, adj. appraiser, n. appraisingly, adv. appraisive, adj. /euh prayz /, v.t., appraised, appraising. 1. to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it. 2. to… …

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  • 15appraise — verb Appraise is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye Appraise is used with these nouns as the object: ↑situation …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 16appraise — v. (D; tr.) to appraise at (the house was appraised at seventy thousand dollars) * * * [ə preɪz] (D; tr.) to appraise at (the house was appraised at seventy thousand dollars) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17appraise — [[t]əpre͟ɪz[/t]] appraises, appraising, appraised VERB If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them. [FORMAL] [V n] This prompted many employers to appraise their selection and recruitment… …

    English dictionary

  • 18appraise — verb assess the value, quality, or performance of. ↘(of an official valuer) set a price on. Derivatives appraisable adjective appraisee noun appraisement noun appraiser noun appraising adjective appraisingly adverb …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19appraise — verb a) To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. b) To estimate; to conjecture …

    Wiktionary

  • 20appraise — See appraise, apprise, apprize …

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