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appraise

ap·praise [ ə práyz ] (past and past participle ap·praised, present participle ap·prais·ing, 3rd person present singular ap·prais·es)

transitive verb

Definition:

1. valuate something: to make or give an estimate of how much money something is worth

2. assess merits or quality: to form or give an opinion of somebody's merits or something's quality

3. human resources assess somebody formally: to make a formal assessment of an employee or an employee's performance following an agreed set of criteria

[15th century. Alteration of apprize, after praise]

ap·prais·a·ble adjective

ap·praise·ment noun

ap·prais·er noun

Word Usage


	appraise or apprise? Appraise, meaning "to evaluate," is used with reference to people or (more usually) the things they do or achieve: She appraised their work at the end of each week.Apprise, meaning "to inform," is a more formal word, and is used with reference to people: He apprised them of the decisions.