Vocabulary
Assess
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.
Urdu meaning
اندازہ لگانا، قیمت لگانا، تخمینہ لگانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has set up a special committee to assess the extent of damage to agriculture, determine how farmers can be compensated and recommend steps to mitigate the deluge`s impact on the economy.
- Monetary policy must navigate a world shaped by a multiplicity of shocks some persistent, some temporary, and some with of fsetting effects on inflation where it is difficult to assess the net impact.
- The LG would assess and collect urban immovable property tax, capital gains tax, agricultural tax, cesses, user charges and fees, and spend these resources in their respective jurisdictions.
- The next step is to assess pre-warning systems for the mobilisation of residents towards safer ground and the protection of people`s assets.
- The state has to carefully assess what it has been doing as well.
Synonyms
evaluate, judge, gauge, rate, estimate, appraise, form an opinion of, check out
Antonyms
help, assist, aid, neglect, give, guess
Curator example
“the committee must assess the relative importance of the issues”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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