appraise
Syllables: ap·praise/əˈpɹeɪz/
appraise verb: to determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.
Verb (1)
appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)
- To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.
- to appraise goods and chattels
- To consider comprehensively.
- To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.
- At the end of the contract, you will be appraised by your line manager.
- To estimate; to conjecture.
- To praise; to commend.
Verb (2)
appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)
appraise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
appraise in Hindi
- to appraise, to value
- अंकन करना aṅkan karnā
appraise in Tamil
- குறி, கணித்துக் கூறு, தகுதியிடு, மதிப்பிடு, விலைகுறி
appraise in Urdu
- آنکنا, دام لگانا, قیمت طے کرنا, تخمینہ کرنا
appraise in Bengali
- মূল্যায়ন করা
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- appraise in Malayalam
- മൂല്യനിർണ്ണയം ചെയ്യുക, മൂല്യം തിട്ടപ്പെടുത്തുക, വിലകല്പിക്കുക, മതിക്കുക
- appraise in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಯಪಡಿಸು, ಬೆಲೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಮೌಲ್ಯ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸು, ಅಂದಾಜು ಮಾಡು
Examples of appraise in a sentence
- Lata said the two words aloud, appraising them.
- The job specification leads to goalsetting, and goalsetting in its turn sets up the criteria whereby the teacher will be appraised.
- The building appraises at its cost basis, and its debt is a nonamortizing mortgage with a loan-to-value ratio of 0.8 and 9 percent interest.
Synonyms of appraise
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Antonyms
Forms of appraise
| third-person singular present | appraises |
|---|---|
| present participle | appraising |
| past participle | appraised |
| past | appraised |
| alternative form (archaic) | apprize |
Origin of appraise
From Middle English apreisen, from Old French aprisier (“apraise, set a price on”) (compare modern French apprécier), from Late Latin appretiare, from ad- + Latin pretium (“price, value”) (English precious), from which also appreciate, a doublet.
Form of apprise in use since 1706 but considered incorrect by some.
Words formed from appraise
Words that rhyme with appraise
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- amaze
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
- delays
Questions about appraise
- What does appraise mean?
- Appraise means to determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.
- What is appraise in Hindi?
- Appraise in Hindi is अंकन करना (aṅkan karnā). See Appraise meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is appraise?
- Appraise is a verb.
- How do you pronounce appraise?
- Appraise is pronounced /əˈpɹeɪz/.
- What is the past tense of appraise?
- The past tense of appraise is appraised.
Words near appraise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: appraise (page history and authors); अंकन करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); appraise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appraise (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appraise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appraise (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); appraise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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