appreciate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/
ipa: /əˈpɹiː.si.eɪt/
ipa: /əˈpɹɪʃ.i.eɪt/
Forms: form: appreciates
form: appreciating
form: appreciated
form: appreciated
form: appretiate
form: 'preciate
form: appretiate
Etymology: Originated 1645–55; from Medieval Latin appreciātus (“valued or appraised”), later variant of Late Latin appretiātus (“appraised”), the perfect passive participle of appretiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from a(d) (“toward”) + preti(um) (“price”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).
Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates; see also precious.
Senses: examples: text: I appreciate your efforts.
text: We sincerely appreciate your help.
text: Any aid will be warmly appreciated.
text: I'd appreciate it so much if you'd keep me abreast of developments.
synonyms: esteem
acknowledge
glosses: To be grateful or thankful for.
examples: text: You must learn to appreciate time.
synonyms: esteem
glosses: To view as valuable.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: realize, grasp, acknowledge
text: It is essential for the reader to appreciate how important this argument is.
text: I appreciate that what I'm asking you to do is very difficult.
text: In order then to test the power of bees to appreciate colour, I placed some honey on a slip of glass, and put the glass on coloured paper.
ref: 1879, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, PC, DL, FRS, FRAI, Everett Mendelsohn (Donor), “Lecture I. On Flowers and Insects.”, in Scientific Lectures, 2nd edition, Macmillan and Company, published 1890, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 12:
text: It is rather the person whose general knowledge is supposed to qualify him to appreciate expert testimony, and to judge between the experts from different fields, whose power is enhance.
ref: 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 419:
text: Eve: You learn to appreciate the light by living in the dark.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
glosses: To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
examples: text: The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
text: The sanguine, flattering themselves with the delusive hopes of a speedy termination of the war, were often induced to sell lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money, in which case it was sup­po­sed they would lose the present opportunity of sell­ing to great advantage.
ref: 1809, David Ramsay, M. D., James Akin (Engraver), “IV. Fiscal history, 1670–1808.”, in The History of South-Carolina, from Its First Settlement in 1670, to the Year 1808. In Two Volumes., volume 2, Charleston, South Carolina: David Longworth, published 1809, →OCLC, page 173:
text: Laughter may be generally classed under three heads,—forced, silly, or vulgar; but hers is the most sweet, real, spirituelle sound possible—it so appreciates the wit, which it increases as it catches—it speaks of spirits so fresh, so youthful!
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 234:
antonyms: depreciate
glosses: To increase in value.
Derived terms: appreciatable
appreciater
appreciator
apprecihate
disappreciate
misappreciate
much appreciated
reappreciate
underappreciate
Related terms: appraise
appreciation
appreciative
precious