Appraise or Apprise?

Appraise or Apprise?

The verbs appraise and apprise can be easily confused.

Appraise

Appraise means ‘assess (someone or something)’. If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them. Assess, judge, review and estimate are the synonyms of appraise.

     1)   Rita’s stamp collection was appraised by everyone.

     2)   The recent case prompted many employers to appraise their recruitment policies.

Uses of Appraise

To estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess

     1)   There is a need to appraise current practices.

     2)   We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it

To estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc.

     1)   This is the perfect time of year to appraise our values.

     2)   He tried to appraise the poetry of John Updike

👉The noun form is appraisal, meaning an evaluation:

    1)   Please give me your honest appraisal of the book I’ve written.

    2)   We need to conduct a thorough appraisal of the property before buying it.

Apprise

Apprise means ‘inform (someone)’. When you are apprised of something, someone tells you about it. Make aware, tell, warn and advise are synonyms of apprise.

     1)   Have customers been fully apprised of the advantages?

     2)   The police were apprised of the situation.

     3)   We must apprise them of the dangers that may be involved.

     4)   Mac should apprise him of what we face.

Exercise

Select the correct version:

    1)   Let us appraise / apprise her works.

    Let us appraise her works.

    2)   It would be unwise to buy the house before having it being appraised / apprised.

   It would be unwise to buy the house before having it being appraised.

   3)   Mom was annoyed that I had not appraised / apprised him of the news earlier.

  Mom was annoyed that I had not apprised him of the news earlier.

    4)   My uncle’s property was appraised / apprised for taxation.

    My uncle’s property was appraised for taxation.

    5)   The students were appraised / apprised of the extra classes.

    The students were apprised of the extra classes.

    6)   Judges will appraise/apprise the students’ presentations.

   Judges will appraise the students’ presentations.

    7)   She appraised / apprised Police of what happened in the car.

    She apprised Police of what happened in the car.

    8)   The Health Minister has been apprised / appraised of the latest developments in the crisis.

    The Health Minister has been apprised of the latest developments in the crisis.

    9)   Please keep me apprised / appraised of your location.

    Please keep me apprised of your location.

10)    Teachers often appraise / apprise the abilities of their pupils.

              Teachers often appraise the abilities of their pupils.

       11)    A car dealership appraises/apprises the value of used cars.

              A car dealership appraises the value of used cars.

       12)    Managers appraise / apprise their employees once a year.

              Managers appraise their employees once a year.

      13)    Managers appraise / apprise their subordinates of objectives in the terms of reference.

             Managers apprise their subordinates of objectives in the terms of reference.

      14)    The council members met the mayor to appraise / apprise him of the latest flooding.

            The council members met the mayor to apprise him of the latest flooding.

       15)    The inspector appraised / apprised the damage to the hotel after the fire.

              The inspector appraised the damage to the hotel after the fire.

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