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appreciate

verb
/əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/CA/ˈəˈpɹiː.ʃi.æɪt/

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.

  1. derived from appretiātus
  2. borrowed from appreciātus

Definitions

  1. To be grateful or thankful for.

    • I appreciate your efforts.
    • We sincerely appreciate your help.
    • Any aid will be warmly appreciated.

  2. To view as valuable.

    • You must learn to appreciate time.

  3. To be fully conscious of

    To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

    • Near-synonyms: realize, grasp, acknowledge
    • It is essential for the reader to appreciate how important this argument is.
    • I appreciate that what I'm asking you to do is very difficult.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To increase in value.

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

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Derived

appreciatable, appreciater, appreciator, apprecihate, disappreciate, misappreciate, much appreciated, reappreciate, underappreciate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at appreciate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at appreciate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at appreciate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA