assess

évaluer

Examiner une personne ou une chose pour juger sa qualité, son importance ou sa gravité.

En anglais simple : To examine someone or something and decide how good, important, or serious they are.

• We need to assess the damage.
• The teacher assessed our speaking skills.
• How do you assess the risks of this project?

Comment l'utiliser : assess how… (We assessed how well the plan was working.); assess whether… (The team will assess whether the bridge is safe.)

Synonymes : evaluate, judge, appraise

Expressions courantes : assess the damage, assess someone’s ability, assess the value, assess a situation

infliger, imposer

Obliger officiellement quelqu’un à payer une somme ou lui imposer une sanction.

En anglais simple : To officially require someone to pay money or receive a penalty.

• The referee assessed a penalty.
• The court assessed a fine against the company.
• Extra fees may be assessed for late payments.

Comment l'utiliser : assess something against someone (A fine was assessed against the driver.); assess someone an amount (The court assessed him a fine of five hundred dollars.)

Synonymes : impose, levy

Expressions courantes : assess a penalty, assess a fine