MEANING
An assessment of what something is worth, means, or implies for a person.
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Words that belong together
- cognitive appraisal
- performance appraisal
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Her appraisal of the encounter changed after she heard the full story.
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Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular appraisal; plural appraisals. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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