appreciation

noun
/əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/UK/əˌpɹi.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/CA/əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From French appréciation. By surface analysis, appreciate + -ion.

  1. derived from appréciation

Definitions

  1. The act of appreciating.

  2. A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.

    A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.

    • We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service.
  3. Accurate perception

    Accurate perception; true estimation.

    • an appreciation of the difficulties before us
    • an appreciation of colors
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A rise in value.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at appreciation. 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.

01appreciation02accurate03acceptable04sure05belief06trust07credit08acknowledge09grateful

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

9 hops · closes at appreciation

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

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