reassess

verb

re·​ass·​ess ˌrē-ə-ˈses How to pronounce reassess (audio)
-a-ˈses
reassessed; reassessing; reassesses

transitive verb

: to assess (something) again
reassess the damage
reassessed her priorities/goals/values
… had the sense to reassess their situation before making a critical error.Stephen Lias
… some people in the community are reassessing the role of athletics at an academically poor school.Randal C. Archibold
reassessment noun
plural reassessments
… recent discoveries … are forcing a reassessment of long-established theories … Larry Rohter

Examples of reassess in a Sentence

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Having summer vacation plans in the calendar is a good reason to reassess your wardrobe. Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 26 May 2025 Last year, my University of Georgia colleagues and I opined in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about ways to reassess extreme weather risk and preparedness. Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 In it, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls for transforming the U.S. food system to emphasize whole foods and reassess nutritional regulations. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025 Since the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020, surprising bottlenecks in global supply chains have made scholars reassess how the economy works. Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for reassess

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1689, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reassess was circa 1689

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“Reassess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassess. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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