Assess and Decide

Assess

Assess verb - To make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding.

Usage example: let's step back and assess the situation

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Decide and assess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decide" instead a verb "Assess".

Decide verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

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Assess and decide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assess" instead a verb "Decide".

Nearby Words: decisive, decision, deciding, decider

character	assess character	decide character
work	assess work	decide work
relationship	assess relationship	decide relationship
world	assess world	decide world
Other words: battle, damage, planet, gender.

Six schoolers from modern Kobe end up thrown in the Nagasaki of 1637, few before the failed Japanese Christian rebellion of Shiro Amakusa; once they reunite and assess their situation, they decide to pull this trope to avert such tragedy.

Source: Set Right What Once Went Wrong
On Mad Men, Joan's advice to Peggy on her first day in the office is to go home, put a paper bag over her head, and assess her own body in the mirror in order to decide which features to play up when dressing for work.

Source: Brown Bag Mask

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