Appreciate

What do we mean by appreciate?

To recognize the quality, significance, or magnitude of. intransitive verb

To be fully aware of or sensitive to; realize. intransitive verb

To be thankful or show gratitude for. intransitive verb

To admire greatly; value. intransitive verb

To raise in value or price, especially over time. intransitive verb

To increase in value or price, especially over time. intransitive verb

To value; set a price or value on; estimate the commercial worth of.

To esteem duly; place a sufficiently high estimate on; recognize the quality or worth of: as, his great ability was not appreciated.

To be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect; perceive the nature or effect of.

To raise in value; advance the exchange, quotation, or price of: opposed to depreciate.

Synonyms Value, Prize, Esteem, Estimate, Appreciate. Value and estimate commonly imply a comparison with a standard of commercial worth: as, to value a picture at so much; to estimate its value at so much. To prize is to value highly, generally for other than pecuniary reasons, and suggesting the notion of reluctance to lose. Thus, we prize a book for its contents or associations; we prize a friend for his affection for us. To esteem is sometimes simply to think: as, I esteem him a scoundrel; sometimes to value: as, I esteem it lightly; sometimes to have a high opinion of or set a high value on: as, I esteem him for his own sake; in its highest sense it implies moral approbation. Estimating is an act of computation or judgment, and wholly without feeling or moral approbation: as, to estimate the size of a room, the weight of a stone, the literary excellence of a book, the character of a person. (See esteem, n., for comparison of corresponding nouns.) Appreciate is to set a just value on; it implies the use of wise judgment or delicate perception: as, he appreciated the quality of the work. With this perception naturally goes a corresponding intellectual valuation and moral esteem: as, they knew how to appreciate his worth. Appreciate often implies also that the thing appreciated is likely to be overlooked or underestimated. It is commonly used of good things: as, I understood his wickedness; I realized or recognized his folly; I appreciated his virtue or wisdom. Compare such phrases as an appreciative audience, a few appreciative words, appreciation of merit.

To rise in value; become of more value: as, public securities appreciated when the debt was funded.

To rise in value. See note under rise, v. i. intransitive verb

To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value. transitive verb

To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate. transitive verb

To be sensible of; to distinguish. transitive verb

To be grateful or thankful for. verb

To view as valuable. verb

To be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect. verb

To increase in value. verb

To be grateful or thankful for.

To view as valuable.

To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

To increase in value.

Words that are spelled similarly to appreciate:
appreciate, appreciated, depreciate, appreciative, appreciable, appreciates, appreciator, appreciant.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word appreciate:
appreciation, qualities, beauty, enjoy, understand, humor, aesthetic, importance, significance, value, consequences, your, our, really, you, doing, nature, feel.

Words that rhyme with appreciate:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective appreciate:
differences, your, means, literature, state.

Words that sound like appreciate:
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