Appreciate

Definition: Appreciate

Appreciate

Verb

1. Recognize with gratitude; be grateful for.

2. Be fully aware of; realize fully; "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?".

3. Hold dear; "I prize these old photographs".

4. Gain in value, as of a currency; "The yen appreciated again!".

5. Increase the value of, as of a currency; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "appreciate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Appreciate

Approbation

Do justice to, appreciate; honor, hold in esteem, look up to, admire; like; be in favor of, wish Godspeed; hail, hail with satisfaction.

Intellect

Verb: note, notice, mark; take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of, be conscious of; realize; appreciate; ruminate; (think); fancy; (imagine).

Judgment

Form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon; (believe); review; size up.

Knowledge

Conceive; apprehend, comprehend; take, realize, understand, savvy, appreciate; fathom, make out; recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience.

Measurement

Verb: measure, mete; determine, assay; evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on; appreciate; standardize.

Taste

Verb: appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate;

Thought

Verb: think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over; animadvert, study; bend -, apply mind; (attend); digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy; (imagine); trow.

Value

Verb: value, esteem; appreciate.

Crosswords: Appreciate

Don't you appreciate the magnitude of that (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price)

I don't appreciate your ruse, ma'am (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

I appreciate this shot man. Thought I'd never get out of that mailroom (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

It's when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson)

There's something about you New York boys that riles my ass. You don't appreciate the Army, do you (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon)

And I appreciate how ya raised me (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

After the rain, to appreciate (Thank God I Found You; performing artist: 98 Degrees)

I'd appreciate your input (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang)

It helps me to appreciate (Higher; performing artist: Creed)

You don't appreciate what a man like me is about (There It Is; performing artist: Ginuwine)

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 10 Gifts Your Children Will Grow to Appreciate (reference)

• A Field Guide to Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America's 52 Breeds (reference)

• Appreciate Me Now, and Avoid the Rush Yet More Brilliant Thoughts (reference)

• Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice (reference)

• Count Your Blessings: 63 Things to Be Grateful for in Everyday Life and How to Appreciate Them (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Appreciate Our Art (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

BLM Logo: Use, Share, and Appreciate logo. Public Lands USA. Credit: Unknown.

Pogo. I hope this man from Mars is gonna appreciate this ice cream I is grindin' out for him. Credit: Library of Congress.

If dreams came true. Mother would really appreciate dogs. Credit: Library of Congress.

Spring pastimes. Having witnessed this act at the circus -- Willie could appreciate ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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It will be soon enough to forget them when we have the learning and the genius which will enable us to attend to and appreciate them

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Health

It helps to appreciate them as individuals and to make a special effort to keep in touch with their needs. (references)

They may not fully appreciate the degree of impairment because of lower functional expectations in the post-retirement years. (references)

Many people, for example, fail to appreciate walking as "exercise" or to recognize the substantial benefits of short bouts (at least 10 minutes) of moderate-level activity. (references)

Business

Saudi companies appreciate receiving promotional literature from overseas. (references)

Particularly in the consumer goods sectors, Germans appreciate innovation and high technology. (references)

Customers appreciate being able to find approximately the same quality and price for products and services anywhere in France. (references)

Economic History

Chad

Many who procure these materials appreciate the high quality of U.S. products. (references)

Italy

Many American exporters do not appreciate the size and importance of the Italian economy, the sixth largest in the world. (references)

Costa Rica

Entrepreneurs continue to appreciate the mature business systems and proven track record that selective franchises offer. (references)

Political Economy

Vietnam

Foreign investors appreciate the opportunity to be consulted on issues of importance to them. (references)

Austria

Austria's political leaders and many Austrians recognize and appreciate the essential role played by U.S. economic assistance under the Marshall Plan after World War II, and the role played by the United States in promoting the conclusion of the Austrian State Treaty in 1955. This treaty ended the four-power occupation following World War II and established Austria as an independent state. (references)

Travel

Netherlands

Dutch buyers appreciate quality and service and are also interested in delivery price. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "appreciate": appreciate one's friendship ♦ appreciate smth. for its true value ♦ come to appreciate ♦ fail to appreciate ♦ failure to appreciate ♦ i fully appreciate that ♦ not to appreciate. Additional references.

Afrikaans

waardeer (like), lief wees vir (like), hou van (like). (various references)

Albanian

vlerësoj (appraise, assess, balance, calculate, cost, esteem, estimate, evaluate, judge, measure, prise, prize, put, rate, value, weigh), rritet vlera, dua (aim, be fond of, be keen on, be willing to, care, care for, choose, do with, fancy, intend, like, love, please, seek, take a fancy to, want, wish), çmoj (admire, appraise, apprise, apprize, assess, evaluate, measure, prise, prize, rate, value). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قدر قيمة, ‏قدر (afford, amount, appraise, assess, assume, be able to, be capable of, believe, can, consider, cost, count, deal, degree, esteem, estimate, evaluate, guess, lot, magnitude, manage to, measure, number, predestination, predestine, predetermine, presume, prize, proportion, quantity, rate, size, suppose, think, treasure, value, volume), ‏زاد في قيمة شئ, ‏عجب (admire, commend, elation, enamor, enamour, fall for, marvel, overconfidence, please, pomp, strike, vainglory, weirdness, wonder, wonderment), ‏إرتفع ثمنه, ‏أدرك إدراكا كاملا, ‏رفع الثمن. (various references)

Bulgarian 

различавам (contradistinguish, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, tell apart), ценя (esteem, price, rate, set, value), благодарен съм за, преценявам правилно, повишавам цената на. (various references)

Chinese 

赞赏 (Appreciated, Appreciating), 漲價 (increase in price), 感激 , 昇值 (rise in value). (various references)

Czech

vážit si (esteem, make much of, prize, regard, repute, respect, revere, treasure), uznávat (acclaim, acknowledge, rate, receive), uvìdomovat si, umìt ocenit, stoupnout v cenì, ocenit (appraise, assess, evaluate, value), chápat (apprehend, comprehend, construe, follow, get it, grasp, perceive, see, take, take in, understand), být vdìèný, být si vìdom. (various references)

Danish

synes om (deem, like, love, opine, think). (various references)

Dutch

waarderen (appraise, estimate, like, rate), appreciëren. (various references)

Esperanto

aprezi, apreci, ŝati (like). (various references)

Faeroese

virða (account, consider, esteem, regard, take into account), viðurkenna (accept, acknowledge, approve, receive, recognize, take, take in), meta høgt (like), dáma (fare, like, please). (various references)

Farsi 

قدرچیزی رادانستن , تقدیرکردن , احساس کردن (Feel, Sense), درک کردن (Apprehend, Catch, Cognize, Compass, Comprehend, Coneive, Follow, Hear, Induct, Perceive, Realize, Savvy, Seize, Understand), بربهای چیزی افزودن . (various references)

Finnish

arvostaa (like, value). (various references)

French

apprécier (appraise). (various references)

German

würdigen (acknowledge, honor, like, pay tribute to, prize, respect, savor, to appreciate, to savor), schätzen (appraise, assess, esteem, estimate, evaluate, forecast, Gage, gauge, guess, like, prize, put, rate, reckon, regard highly, tax, think, to appraise, to appreciate, to estimate, to prize, to regard, treasure, value). (various references)

Greek 

εκτιμώ (admire, appraise, apprise, assess, esteem, estimate, evaluate, gauge, prise, prize, rate, reckon, respect, size, value). (various references)

Hawaiian

dua (be willing to, like, love, want, wish). (various references)

Hebrew 

להוקיר (adore, cherish, hold dear, prize, respect, treasure, venerate). (various references)

Hungarian

szeret (be fond of, dug, hold dear, like, love, to dig, to like, to love, to relish), méltányol (to acknowledge, to appreciate, to respect), kedvel (cherish, like, love, to cherish, to like), értékel (appraise, evaluate, interpret, prize, rate, to appraise, to appreciate, to esteem, to estimate, to price, to prize, to rate, to size up, to value, value). (various references)

Icelandic

meta mikils (like), þykja vænt um (like). (various references)

Indonesian

menilaikan (appraise, assess, evaluate, value), menilai (appraise, assess, evaluate, value), menghargai (appreciative, commend, value), mengapresiasi. (various references)

Italian

apprezzare (appraise, estimate, like, prize, rate, value). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

多とする (be thankful). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たとする (be thankful). (various references)

Korean 

평가하십시요 (EVALUATE). (various references)

Manx

soiaghey mooar jeh (prize). (various references)

Norwegian

verdsette (evaluate), sette pris på (like), like (equal, like). (various references)

Papiamen

apreciá, gusta (like). (various references)

Pig Latin

appreciateay.(various references)

Polish

lubić (like), cenić (like). (various references)

Portuguese

prezar (esteem, like, regard, think well of, touch upon, value), estimar (appraise, assess, cherish, count, dear, esteem, estimate, evaluate, like, price, prize, think well of), apreciar (apprise, apprize, care, censure, criticize, enjoy, esteem, give value, like, prize, relish, review, think well of, value). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

agradecem, agradeço. (various references)

Romanian

aprecia (appraise, assess, consider, deem, determine, estimate, feel, gauge, guess, judge, measure, prize, put, rate, reckon, score, see, value, weigh), preţui (cost, estimate, go for, hold, prize, put, rate, treasure, value), evalua (appraise, assess, compute, cost, estimate, evaluate, guess, measure, put, rate, value, weigh), creşte în valoare (gain, improve), calcula (calculate, cipher, compute, consider, count, estimate, figure, rate, reckon, tally, time), cântãri (appraise, balance, estimate, examine, measure, value, weigh). (various references)

Russian 

ценить;оценивать, ценить, ощущать (feel, perceive, sensate, sense), оценивать (appraise, apprise, apprize, apprized, apraise, apreciate, aprize, assay, assayed, assess, evaluate, priced, rate, value, weigh, weight in the balance). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ceniti (regard, repute, value), biti zahvalan za. (various references)

Spanish

gustar (appeal, appeal to, interest, like, love, please, suit, taste), estimar (admire, appraise, aprreciate, compute, deem, esteem, estimate, Gage, gauge, price, put, rate, reckon, respect, think well of, value), apreciar (appraise, cherish, esteem, estimate, give value, regard, respect, treasure, value). (various references)

Swedish

uppskatta (account, appraise, assess, enjoy, esteem, estimate, evaluate, gauge, guess, like, put, put down, rate, relish, tax, value), värdera (appraise, assess, esteem, estimate, evaluate, price, rate, size up, treasure, value). (various references)

Tagalog

gustó (like), íbig (like). (various references)

Turkish

beğenmek (applaud, approve, care, decide on, decide up, enjoy, like, relish). (various references)

Ukrainian

усвідомлювати (acknowledge, apperceive, be aware of, be conscious of, figure out, know, recognize, sense, understand), розуміти цінність, розуміти (catch on, grip, know, perceive, take, think, understand), розрізняти (make out, perceive), цінити, гідно оцінювати, відчувати (feel, nose, perceive, sensate, sense), враховувати (allow, consider, count, figure on, heed), високо ставити, визначати ціну (tariff), визнавати цінність, брати до уваги (allow, consider, count, heed, note, take into consideration), підвищувати ціну, добре розбиратися. (various references)

Welsh

prisio (appraise, assess, price, prize, value), hoffi (like, love), gwerthfawrogi, caru (court, like, love). (various references)

Zulu

-thanda (like). (various references)

dilecta, dilectae, dilectam, dilecte, dilecti, dilectis, dilecto, dilectos, dilectum, dilectus, dilexerat, dilexerimus, dilexeris, dilexerit, dilexerunt, dilexi, dilexisset, dilexisti, dilexit, diligam, diligamus, diligant, diligas, diligat, diligatis, diligatur, dilige, diligebam, diligebant, diligebat, diligens, diligentes, diligenti, diligentia, diligentibus, diligentis, diligentium, diligere, diligerent, diligeret, diligeretis, diliges, diliget, diligetis, diligetur, diligimus, diligis, diligit, diligite, diligitis, diligo, diligunt. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "appreciate": appreciated, appreciates. (additional references)

Words containing "appreciate": unappreciated, underappreciated. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Appreciate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appeciate, applecote, apppriciate, appreaciate, apprecaiate, apprecate, apprecciate, appreceate, appreceiate, apprechiate, appreciat, appreciately, apprecitate, apprecite, appreiate, appreicate, appreiciate, appreshate, appretiate, appreviate, appriciate, appriecate, apprieciate, apreceate, apreciate, apreciatte, apriciate, arpeggiate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: acierate, praecipe.

-3 letters: acerate, apteria, crappie, epicarp, paprica, parapet, paretic, peatier, percept, periapt, picrate, precept, precipe, pretape, receipt.

-4 letters: aerate, apiece, appear, capita, capper, carate, carpet, cerate, cerite, create, ecarte, peptic, pereia, picara, piecer, pierce, pirate, preact, rappee, recept, recipe, recite, repeat, retape, tapper, tierce, tipper.

-5 letters: acari, aceta, aecia, aerie, apace, apart, apter.

+1 letter: appreciated, appreciates.

+2 letters: appreciative.

+3 letters: unappreciated.

+4 letters: appreciatively, inappreciative, unappreciative.

+5 letters: archiepiscopate, parthenocarpies, peripatetically.