Definitions for Appreciate
əˈpri ʃiˌeɪtAppre·ci·ate

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. appreciateverb

   recognize with gratitude; be grateful for

2. appreciate, take accountverb

   be fully aware of; realize fully

   "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?"

3. prize, value, treasure, appreciateverb

   hold dear

   "I prize these old photographs"

4. appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalueverb

   gain in value

   "The yen appreciated again!"

5. appreciate, apprize, appriseverb

   increase the value of

   "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. appreciateverb

   to be grateful or thankful for.

   I appreciate your efforts

2. appreciateverb

   to view as valuable.

   You must learn to appreciate time

3. appreciateverb

   to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect.

   To test the power of bees to appreciate color.

4. appreciateverb

   to increase in value.

   The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.

5. Etymology: Originated 1645–55 from appreciatus, from appretiatus, from ap- (form of ad-) + pretium (English precious) + -ate.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Appreciateverb

   to set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value

2. Appreciateverb

   to raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate

3. Appreciateverb

   to be sensible of; to distinguish

4. Appreciateverb

   to rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Appreciate

   ap-prē′shi-āt, v.t. to estimate justly, to be fully sensible of all the good qualities in the thing judged: to estimate highly: to raise in value, to advance the quotation or price of, as opposed to depreciate.—v.i. to rise in value.—adj. Apprē′ciable.—adv. Apprē′ciably.—n. Appreciā′tion, the act of setting a value on, also specially of a work of literature or art: just—and also favourable—estimation: rise in exchangeable value: increase in value.—adjs. Apprē′ciative, Apprē′ciatory, implying appreciation.—n. Appreciā′tor, one who appreciates, or estimates justly. [L. appretiātus, pa.p. of appretiāre—ad, to, and pretium, price.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. appreciate

   To feel and see the value.

   They do appreciate family time, it is so important to them both.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Acknowledge
   • Realize

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Appreciate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3874

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Appreciate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2126

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Appreciate' in Verbs Frequency: #437

How to pronounce Appreciate?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Appreciate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Appreciate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Appreciate in a Sentence

1. Dean Garfield:

   Encryption is a security tool we rely on everyday to stop criminals from draining our bank accounts, to shield our cars and airplanes from being taken over by malicious hacks, we deeply appreciate law enforcement's and the national security community's work to protect us, but weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted devices and data for use by the good guys would actually create vulnerabilities to be exploited by the bad guys.

2. Abby Robinson:

   If you don't put them in chronological order, there remains a mystery about them, you don't have to know me to appreciate the pictures.

3. Marleen Meyers:

   It's not a very good screening tool, i appreciate that she was having it, but it's more a tool that's used once someone has ovarian cancer and they're getting treatment. Then it can be used to follow the progress of the treatment.

4. Francesca Schiavone:

   I will announce when I will want to stop, when I finished, everybody stood up. I say, I don't know if it's respect, I love, I appreciate this situation. But I think that everybody thought this because Roland Garros announced it. It was not the last one for me.

5. Martin Nolan:

   Investors see these items as cool, but also really great opportunities to increase your investment because over time, chances are they will appreciate in value.

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