appraising

1. 1.

   exercising or involving careful evaluations

   “looked him over with an appraising eye”

   “the literary judge uses many evaluative terms”

   Synonymsevaluative

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Questions about appraising

What does appraising mean?

appraising means "exercising or involving careful evaluations".

How many syllables are in appraising?

appraising has 3 syllables: ap-prai-sing. The stress falls on "prai". In IPA it is /əˈpɹeɪzɪŋ/.

What is another word for appraising?

Close synonyms include evaluative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.