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Definition of appraisal : A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

Synonyms:

idea, appraisement

inference, rank, sum, presumption, approximation, statistics, plot, count, algebra, determination, reckoning, system, value, assessment, method, tally, enumeration, estimation, scheme, division, schedule, deduction, mathematics, multiplication, total, guess, plan, gauge, computation, algorithm, valuation, score, triangulation, judgement, account, arithmetic, quantification, calculus, conclusion, measurement, supposition, program

rate, quantity, survey, test, estimate, ranking, calibration, benchmark

brain work, consideration, concentration, imagination, brooding, analysis, deliberation, wistfulness, intellection, envisioning, meditation, thought, cogitation, engrossment, calculation, contemplation, reflection, evaluation, reasoning, cerebration, pondering, absorption, lucubration, preoccupation, study, weighing, thinking, attention, musing, speculation, daydreaming, debating

judgment, sentence, adjudication, justice, mediation, decision, verdict, finding, ruling, pronouncement, resolution, arbitration

Usage examples:

• In nearly two weeks of fighting fire he had been thrown in intimate daily contact with Jim Bland, and his appraisal of Bland's character was less and less flattering the more he revised his estimate of the man. - "The Hidden Places", Bertrand W. Sinclair.
• Hence, the relentless energy of her throbbing mills; the searching appraisal of her resources; the marshalling of all her genius of trade conquest. - "The War After the War", Isaac Frederick Marcosson.
• The prospect of their fathers' appearance on Saturday and of Pip- Emma's dispassionate appraisal filled the Penguins with uneasiness. - "The Underpup", I. A. R. Wylie.