As a Noun: 1. A consideration of someone or something and a judgement about them; a judgement about the consequences of something happening. English = assessment. 2. The answer to a problem arrived at by thinking carefully about it. English = solution. 3. The process of working out a number or an amount by doing some arithmetic. English = calculation. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To consider something carefully and try to make a judgement about it; to think about something in detail and try to work out the consequences of it happening. English = assess. 2. To find the answer to some problem by thinking hard about it. English = solve. Idiomatic English = work out. 3. To work out a number or amount by doing some arithmetic. English = calculate.