appraise

  • 21appraise — ap|praise [əˈpreız] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: aprisier, from prisier to value ; influenced by praise] 1.) formal to officially judge how successful, effective, or valuable something is = ↑evaluate ▪ Greenpeace has been invited …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22appraise — ap|praise [ ə preız ] verb transitive 1. ) to say officially how valuable a piece of property is: You really should have the land appraised. 2. ) FORMAL to form an opinion about how successful, effective, etc. someone or something is: The company …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23appraise —  , apprise  Appraise means to assess or evaluate. Apprise means to inform. An insurance assessor appraises damage and apprises owners …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 24appraise — verb (T) to officially judge how successful, effective, or valuable someone or something is; evaluate: A dealer came to appraise the furniture …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25appraise — To fix or set a price or value upon; to fix and state the true value of a thing, and, usually, in writing. To value property at what it is worth. To appraise money means to count. See also appraisal …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26appraise — To fix or set a price or value upon; to fix and state the true value of a thing, and, usually, in writing. To value property at what it is worth. To appraise money means to count. See also appraisal …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27appraise / apprise —    Appraise means to assess or estimate the worth of : The jeweler appraise a diamond at $5000.    Apprise means to inform or notify : the officer apprised us of our rights …

    Confused words

  • 28appraise / apprise —    Appraise means to assess or estimate the worth of : The jeweler appraise a diamond at $5000.    Apprise means to inform or notify : the officer apprised us of our rights …

    Confused words

  • 29appraise, apprise, apprize — Appraise means to judge, to estimate : The auctioneer appraised the furniture. Apprise means to inform, to notify : A newspaper account apprised me of the tragedy. Apprize is another, less used spelling of apprise …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 30appraise, apprise —     No decision is likely, he said, until they had been appraised of the damage (Sunday Times). The word wanted here was apprise, which means to inform. Appraise means to assess or evaluate. An insurance assessor appraises damage and apprises… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word