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Appreciate

//əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be grateful or thankful for. transitive

    "I appreciate your efforts."

  2. 2
    increase the value of wordnet
  3. 3
    To view as valuable. transitive

    "You must learn to appreciate time."

  4. 4
    gain in value wordnet
  5. 5
    To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect. transitive

    "Near-synonyms: realize, grasp, acknowledge"

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  1. 6
    be fully aware of; realize fully wordnet
  2. 7
    To increase in value. intransitive, transitive

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

  3. 8
    recognize with gratitude; be grateful for wordnet
  4. 9
    hold dear wordnet

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.

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