assessing

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of assess.

   The committee is assessing the damage caused by the flood.

   Assessing the building's safety took the inspectors two full days.

   Note

   Every meaning of the verb travels with this form, so context decides whether someone is assessing a building's value, assessing a fine for an infraction, or assessing the tax a company owes. Because the verb is transitive, assessing takes its object directly, with no preposition: assessing the damage. That is the quickest way to tell it from the noun use, which needs of, as in the assessing of damage.

   The court is assessing a heavy fine against the company for the violation.

   The county is assessing back taxes on the property.

2. 2
   noununcountable

   The action of evaluating or judging something; an assessment.

   The assessing of flood damage continued for weeks after the storm.

   Accurate assessing of risk must come before any major investment.

   Similarassessment, evaluation, appraisal, analysis

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