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Mind & Knowledge — Lesson 24

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assayed

əˈseɪd

Analyze (chemical substances) — the food was assayed for traces of harmful bacteria.

The chemist assayed the sample to determine its chemical composition.

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assessed

əˈsest

Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of — property experts assessed the house at $500,000.

The teacher assessed the students' homework and gave feedback.

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assesses

əˈsesɪz

Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of — the company assesses employee performance annually.

The teacher assesses each student's progress regularly.

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assessing

əˈsɛsɪŋ

Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of — they are assessing the damage after the storm.

The teacher is assessing the students' progress.

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assessment

əˈsesmənt

The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth — the final assessment showed that the project was on track.

The teacher gave us a written assessment at the end of the course.

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assessments

əˈsesmənts

The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth — regular assessments help identify areas for improvement.

The students completed their assessments at the end of the term.

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assimilate

əˈsɪməleɪt

Take up mentally — new immigrants often need time to assimilate into the local culture.

New immigrants often need time to assimilate into the local culture.

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assimilated

əˈsɪməleɪtɪd

Take up mentally — she had assimilated all the information from the lecture.

The new immigrants were quickly assimilated into the local community.

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associated

əˈsoʊʃieɪtɪd

Make a logical or causal connection — she doesn't like to be associated with that group.

The company is associated with several charitable organizations.

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associating

əˈsoʊʃieɪtɪŋ

Make a logical or causal connection — she spent years associating her hometown with happy memories.

She spent years associating her hometown with happy memories.

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assumed

əˈsuːmd

Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof — we cannot work with assumed facts.

The assumed identity was later found to be fake.

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assumes

əˈsuːmz

Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof — he assumes responsibility for the project.

She assumes that everyone understands the rules.

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