assesses
- 1Third-person singular simple present of assess.
The committee assesses every application against the same set of criteria.
Before approving a loan, the bank carefully assesses the borrower's ability to repay.
Note
The ending is -es rather than a bare -s because the stem already ends in the sibilant -ss. The form carries every meaning of the verb, and each one takes a direct object. A committee assesses an application's worth, an official assesses a fine as punishment for an infraction, and a tax authority assesses the money a person or business owes. The last two meanings are about charging, not just judging.
The referee assesses a penalty for the late tackle.
The county assesses the tax due from every property owner.
assesses is a form of assess
assess, verb: To determine or estimate the value, quality, or significance of something. Full entry
- Spelling
- assess → assesses: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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