appreciate
[uh-pree-shee-eyt]
- to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- to value or regard highly; place a high estimate on: to appreciate good wine.
- to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect: to appreciate the dangers of a situation.
- to raise in value.
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- to increase in value: Property values appreciated yearly.
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Origin of appreciate
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2. Appreciate, esteem, prize, value imply holding something in high regard. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To prize is to value highly and cherish.
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Contemporary Examples
Both Edgar and Julio shared the same smile and light-hearted manner that I remembered and appreciated from years ago.
I found their melancholy inviting and I appreciated their contemplative, lonely world.
Dovlatov appreciated irony constantly, consistently, and with élan.
Many early maps are not appreciated for the same reason they were created.
He appreciated the non-theistic approach because it helps “guide yourself to finding yourself,” he said.
Historical Examples
Hewson appreciated this as soon as he realized that he had been confronted with an apparition.
Questionable ShapesWilliam Dean Howells
Mr. Milliken was the first of Edison's masters, and perhaps his fellows, who appreciated him.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
His voice, full of tenderness and strength, was said to be appreciated by the Virgin.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
His death was mourned by a large circle of friends who appreciated his worth.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Also, he appreciated the power with which they administered the law.
White FangJack London
appreciate
- to feel thankful or grateful forto appreciate a favour
- (may take a clause as object) to take full or sufficient account ofto appreciate a problem
- to value highlyto appreciate Shakespeare
- (usually intr) to raise or increase in value
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Word Origin
C17: from Medieval Latin appretiāre to value, prize, from Latin pretium price
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Word Origin and History for appreciated
adj.
"received with gratitude," by 1831; "enhanced in value," 1794; past participle adjective from appreciate.
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appreciate
v.
1650s, "to esteem or value highly," from Late Latin appretiatus, past participle of appretiare "to set a price to" (see appraise). Meaning "to rise in value" (intransitive) first recorded 1789. Related: Appreciated; appreciating.
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