When to Use Appraise vs. Apprise
Incorrect: We’ve been appraised of all the relevant issues.
Correct: We’ve been apprised of all the relevant issues.
*Example is borrowed from the Blue Book of Grammar. To appraise means to “consider or examine somebody/something and form an opinion about it”; also, relatedly, “to officially examine a building, an object, etc. and say how much it is worth”.
To apprise is when we “tell or inform somebody of something”. Its synonyms include words like inform, notify or make (someone/something) aware.
“Appraise” / “apprise”, used in sentences
| Examples: “appraise”, used in sentences |
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| Her eyes coolly appraised him.
She stepped back to appraise her workmanship. The architect gave the exterior an appraising glance. |
| Examples: “apprise”, used in sentences |
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| He saw no reason to apprise the committee of what had happened.
We were made fully apprised of the situation. Let me apprise you of where we stand in the discussion. |
Word forms of appraise/apprise
- appraisal noun
- appraise verb
- appraisee noun
- appraiser noun
- Verb forms: apprises, apprising, apprised,
Practice using the verb in different tenses with example sentences to memorize the correct forms.
Appraise, synonyms
- apprize
- assess
- audit
- calculate
- check out
- evaluate
- examine
- gauge
- inspect
- peg
- evaluate
- judge
Apprise, synonyms
- advise
- apprize
- brief
- inform
- notify
Word origins: appraise/apprise
c. 1400, appreisen, “to set a value on,” from stem of Old French aprisier “appraise, set a price on” (14c., Modern French apprécier), from Late Latin appretiare “value, estimate,” from ad “to” (see ad-) + pretium “price”
“To notify, give notice,” 1690s, from French appris, past … etymologically “to lay hold of (in the mind),” from Latin apprehendere “take hold of, grasp” mentally or physically.
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