[ Assess ]

If you look at the word with too much scrutiny, it starts to look really weird (and maybe somewhat inappropriate). But otherwise, “assess” is an incredibly important verb in knowledge work.

To assess something is to evaluate or estimate the nature or quality of it. Those of us working with words, charged with the responsibility of taking that bunch of words, adding value to them, and turning them around into a different bunch of important words, are assessing all the time.

Another word for assess is ‘judge’. A significant portion of work these days relies on assessments, or on judgement.

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