appreciate

[uh-pree-shee-eyt]

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verb (used with object), ap·pre·ci·at·ed, ap·pre·ci·at·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), ap·pre·ci·at·ed, ap·pre·ci·at·ing.

to increase in value: Property values appreciated yearly.

Origin of appreciate

1645–55; < Medieval Latin appreciātus valued, appraised, Late Latin appretiātus (past participle of appretiāre) appraised, equivalent to Latin ap- ap-¹ + preti(um) price + -ātus -ate¹

Related formsap·pre·ci·at·ing·ly, adverbap·pre·ci·a·tor, nounself-ap·pre·ci·at·ing, adjectiveun·ap·pre·ci·at·ed, adjectiveun·ap·pre·ci·at·ing, adjectivewell-ap·pre·ci·at·ed, adjective

Synonym study

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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Related Words for appreciates

enjoy, welcome, acknowledge, enhance, gain, improve, fathom, read, recognize, perceive, comprehend, understand, know, grasp, realize, regard, love, like, savor, treasure

Examples from the Web for appreciates

Contemporary Examples of appreciates

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Historical Examples of appreciates

And his was not the age that appreciates the temporizing half loaf.
The Innocent Adventuress
Mary Hastings Bradley
I like a woman who is a woman and appreciates the sphere to which God and the Bible have assigned her.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
That which a man earns by perspiration he appreciates and knows how to enjoy.
Dollars and Sense
Col. Wm. C. Hunter
It shows one appreciates the books and takes an intelligent interest.
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This is a busy community, that appreciates a man who works hard.
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British Dictionary definitions for appreciates

appreciate

verb (mainly tr)

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

Derived Formsappreciator, noun

Word Origin for appreciate

C17: from Medieval Latin appretiāre to value, prize, from Latin pretium price

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Word Origin and History for appreciates

appreciate

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.