APPRECIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appreciate mean? 

• APPRECIATE (verb)
  The verb APPRECIATE has 5 senses:

1. recognize with gratitude; be grateful for

2. be fully aware of; realize fully

3. hold dear

4. gain in value

5. increase the value of

  Familiarity information: APPRECIATE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPRECIATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they appreciate    ... he / she / it appreciates   
Past simple: appreciated   
Past participle: appreciated   
-ing form: appreciating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recognize with gratitude; be grateful for

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "appreciate" is one way to...):

acknowledge; recognise; recognize (express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

appreciative (feeling or expressive of gratitude)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be fully aware of; realize fully

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

appreciate; take account

Context example:

Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?

Hypernyms (to "appreciate" is one way to...):

realise; realize; see; understand (perceive (an idea or situation) mentally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

appreciator (a person who is fully aware of something and understands it)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Hold dear

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

appreciate; prize; treasure; value

Context example:

I prize these old photographs

Hypernyms (to "appreciate" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "appreciate"):

do justice (show due and full appreciation)

recognise; recognize (show approval or appreciation of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue appreciate the movie

Derivation:

appreciative (having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Gain in value

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

appreciate; apprise; apprize; revalue

Context example:

The yen appreciated again!

Hypernyms (to "appreciate" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Verb group:

appreciate; apprise; apprize (increase the value of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

depreciate (lose in value)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Increase the value of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

appreciate; apprise; apprize

Context example:

The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark

Hypernyms (to "appreciate" is one way to...):

revalue (value anew)

Verb group:

appreciate; apprise; apprize; revalue (gain in value)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

depreciate (lower the value of something)

 Context examples 

And the stranger understood and appreciated.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This, however, is beside the question, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and I quite appreciate how valuable your time is.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I appreciated that point, and I conjectured that it was dropped by the murderer in his hurried flight.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Appreciating this complexity is important for guiding the development of therapies that target the complement immune system to treat degenerative diseases of the retina.

(Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease, National Institutes of Health)

The Eagle Nebula did not have to wait so long for its full glory to be appreciated.

(VST Captures Three-In-One, ESO)

"I appreciate them for accepting this job. We did this one together."

(Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya runs marathon under two hours, Wikinews)

The ability to understand, appreciate, and interact with persons from cultures other than one's own.

(Cultural competency, NCI Thesaurus)

You will appreciate the difficulty of the situation, Watson.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Just your being there will bring cheer, which will be appreciated by your beloved friend or relative.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It grew larger, and so swiftly that for the first time I fully appreciated the speed of our flight.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)