appraise

English

Alternative forms

• apprize (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɹeɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Hyphenation: ap‧praise

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)

1. (transitive) To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.

   Synonyms: (archaic) apprise, (archaic) apprize

   to appraise goods and chattels

2. (transitive) To consider comprehensively.
3. (transitive) To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.

   At the end of the contract, you will be appraised by your line manager.

4. (transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.
5. (transitive) To praise; to commend.

Derived terms

• appraisability
• appraisable
• appraisal
• appraisee
• appraisement
• appraiser
• appraisingly
• appraisive

 

Related terms

• appreciate
• precious

Translations

determine value or worth

• Bulgarian: оценявам (bg) (ocenjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 估值 (zh) (gūzhí)

• Danish: vurdere
• Dutch: taxeren (nl), schatten (nl), waarderen (nl)
• Finnish: arvioida (fi), arvottaa (fi)
• German: einschätzen (de), taxieren (de)
• Hungarian: felbecsül (hu)
• Latin: aestimō (la), taxō (la)
• Middle English: loven
• Norwegian: taksere, vurdere (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: اورامق (oramak)
• Polish: wyceniać (pl) impf, wycenić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: avaliar (pt), valorizar (pt)
• Quechua: chaninchay
• Russian: оцени́ть (ru) (ocenítʹ)
• Spanish: valorar (es), tasar (es), evaluar (es), avaluar (es), valuar (es)
• Swedish: värdera (sv)
• Turkish: değer biçmel, kıymet takdir etmek
• Ukrainian: оці́нювати impf (ocínjuvaty), оціни́ти pf (ocinýty)
• Welsh: cloriannu (cy)

to judge the performance of someone, especially a worker — see also judge

• Hungarian: értékel (hu)
• Maori: arohaehae

to estimate; to conjecture

• Bulgarian: преценявам (bg) (precenjavam)
• Finnish: arvioida (fi)
• German: bewerten (de), auswerten (de), schätzen (de)
• Latin: aestimō (la)
• Portuguese: estimar (pt)

to praise; to commend — see also praise,‎ commend

• Finnish: ylistää (fi), kehua (fi)
• Portuguese: prezar (pt)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} estimer (fr), ^{(please verify)} évaluer (fr)

Etymology 2

Form of apprise in use since 1706 but considered incorrect by some.

Verb

appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)

1. (transitive, proscribed) To apprise, inform.