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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
appreciate
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
grasp/appreciate/understand the significance of sth
▪ The press was slow to grasp the significance of what had happened.
greatly appreciated
▪ All offers of help will be greatly appreciated.
I appreciate your offer (=I am grateful for it - used especially when politely refusing someone's offer)
▪ I appreciate your offer, but I don’t need any help.
see/appreciate the humour (=understand that something is funny)
▪ I may have been wet and covered in mud, but I could still see the humour in the situation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
▪ If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know - we always appreciate receiving feedback from Friends.
▪ For the record: Mister Bigelow has presented a proposed stipulation of agreed facts, always appreciated in protracted cases.
▪ Mr. Renton I have always appreciated the artfulness with which my hon. Friend asks questions.
▪ Meanwhile Fund raising events continue, your support is always appreciated.
▪ A personal card is always appreciated.
▪ He says the public does not always appreciate the social cost of large scale fraud and racketeering.
▪ The crowd had enjoyed the race - they always appreciate it more when somebody comes through to win as I had done.
▪ Special cards are always appreciated at times like these - my grandmother says that cards are her favourite part of the proceedings.
fully
▪ And for once he knew he was fully appreciated by his Buttermere neighbours and even by his wife.
▪ Maybe we only come to fully appreciate many great athletes and artists just before they walk out the door.
▪ In fact Mozart did not fully appreciate the gravity of the situation.
▪ He had not till now fully appreciated the pleasure of calling.
▪ However, many of its attributes are not fully appreciated and the following notes are intended to increase awareness of these.
▪ This is a question that perplexes many outside the legal profession who do not fully appreciate or understand our constitutional rights.
▪ It is only comparatively recently that the scale and significance of the Sterkfontein deposits have begun to be fully appreciated.
▪ Very few fully appreciated their profound influence on their junior colleagues.
greatly
▪ Her ability to keep the notoriously impatient monarch amused was greatly appreciated in royal circles.
▪ His service and wise counsel during his tenure as chairman have been greatly appreciated by all of us on the Board.
▪ Prizes or donations for the Raffle would be greatly appreciated.
▪ If you could please take your time and respond, it would be greatly appreciated and it will be worth it.
▪ A muddy bottom is greatly appreciated by all Bacopa species.
▪ Fox and Associates greatly appreciates the opportunity to bid on this project. 16.
▪ We greatly appreciate the interest she is showing in our work and will value her professional guidance. 5.
▪ Any information would be greatly appreciated.
how
▪ Many SMEs find it difficult to access technology and often do not appreciate how they might benefit from it.
▪ Not until June did forecasters appreciate how severe El Nino might be.
▪ Once again you can appreciate how important it is to have a mixed and varied diet.
▪ Only now did she appreciate how much it depended on sight as well.
▪ It is difficult at first encounter to appreciate how great a step has been taken in adopting this principle.
▪ Fans of the old Strike games will appreciate how control has been duplicated, so the learning curve is pretty short.
▪ To begin to appreciate how it drives him, you have to go back to the beginning of his story.
▪ Even Alfred appreciated how much she helped.
much
▪ Your help and support in promoting the Awards would be much appreciated.
▪ Your support, as always, will be much appreciated. 19.
▪ Your comments would be much appreciated.
▪ The opportunity for Mass and the chance to meet friends and catch up on the news is much appreciated.
▪ Mr. Jackson I very much appreciated the opportunity to meet some of the hon. Gentleman's constituents in a delegation.
▪ Any info amongst your vast audience or from yourself would be much appreciated.
▪ His instant sincerity was much appreciated by all concerned.
really
▪ I really appreciate that, Fred ... I really do.
▪ I also brought some wine and cheese in a basket to say that I really appreciated the welcoming that I received.
▪ In truth, he was the first man I had really appreciated.
▪ At this time of the morning, I really appreciate good tippers.
▪ I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman really appreciates the consequences of the policies that he supports.
▪ Some employers will really appreciate your efforts and job achievements, others will not.
▪ I really appreciate the game reports and the early results posting ... thanks.
▪ I really appreciate all of these things.
why
▪ You begin to appreciate why Newley has become a rich and famous celebrity playing poor failed nobodies.
▪ I quickly came to appreciate why the Register-Herald reporter wanted to lie low.
▪ Look across the field and you can appreciate why space for storing vintage agricultural machinery on the farm has finally run out.
▪ Having said this, I can appreciate why these are included.
■ NOUN
beauty
▪ May we learn to appreciate its beauty and its comforts whilst we still have them to enjoy.
▪ One should pass the magnifying glass over to science; the eyes are sufficient to appreciate the beauties of the landscape.
▪ Let us hope visitors will appreciate the beauty of the house-whatever story they are told about recent history.
▪ To appreciate all of this beauty relies upon your noticing its subtleties.
▪ It was here, however, that I learned to appreciate the beauty of wild, unspoiled places.
▪ I am sure when it opens in May 1992, golfers will appreciate its outstanding beauty.
▪ It needs to be studied with some form of magnification to be able to appreciate its full beauty.
concern
▪ Of course I appreciate the concerns expressed by the hon. Member for Londonderry, East on behalf of his constituents.
▪ I do understand, Nagji bhai, and I appreciate your concern, but this is my work.
▪ Parents appreciate genuine interest, concern and lavish thanks.
▪ I appreciate your concern for me.
▪ While I fully appreciate the concerns of the objectors at the recent public inquiry.
▪ Mr. King I appreciate that concern.
difference
▪ Paley here appreciates the difference between natural physical objects like stones, and designed and manufactured objects like watches.
▪ Anyone who has worked in government will appreciate the difference.
▪ To appreciate the difference please send for further information or visit one of our showrooms to discuss your requirements.
▪ But because many of them knew little about journalism, they didn't appreciate the difference.
▪ This occurs when the speaker fails to appreciate the differences between speaker and listener.
▪ Now, everyone will appreciate the difference.
▪ Before deciding whether to provide for determination by expert rather than by arbitration, it is essential to appreciate the differences between them.
effort
▪ Tell her that as much as you appreciate her efforts, you'd rather meet lads on your own.
▪ He appreciates your efforts in learning.
▪ Some employers will really appreciate your efforts and job achievements, others will not.
▪ He wasn't kidding, but you appreciated the effort anyway.
▪ I really appreciate the extra effort it takes to pull that off.
▪ They appreciate the effort the manufacturer has gone to in order to produce the goods.
▪ They need to know that you appreciate their efforts, your task is to spread irresistible enthusiasm.
fact
▪ However, in nine cases out of ten the parties do not appreciate this fact.
▪ I appreciate the fact that I had a chance to play alongside him.
▪ They appreciate the fact that their students can access national qualifications and enjoy the kudos this brings.
▪ My father especially appreciated the fact that the Lincoln Park golf course was just six blocks away.
▪ It is necessary to appreciate these facts if social policy is to be seen from a sociological perspective.
▪ It's funny, I didn't appreciate the fact that I was putting on weight.
▪ But I don't appreciate the fact that staff enjoyment seems to come ahead of enjoyment by the guests.
help
▪ I would really appreciate some help.
▪ We should appreciate their help and give thanks for it but never waste our strength worrying about its fairness.
▪ We would appreciate your help with the above by ensuring that any adjustments for your staff reach us timeously.
▪ Thanks, I appreciate the help.
▪ Sure, I can speak to her and see if she would appreciate some help.
importance
▪ He was the first football manager to appreciate the importance of such harmony and to put it into effect.
▪ Personally, I appreciated the importance of being able to empathize with a newly widowed or soon-to-be-divorced client.
▪ Mr. Baker I appreciate the importance of the case and the public interest in it.
▪ So now you know your real objective, and can appreciate the vital importance of this mission.
▪ As a man with agricultural interests you will appreciate the importance of living in harmony with nature and of conserving the environment.
▪ I fully appreciate the importance of GEC-Ferranti as an employer in Edinburgh and Lothian.
▪ Again we can appreciate the importance of trying to see the task from the child's point of view.
▪ I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment.
need
▪ Both partners find it difficult to hear the other and appreciate the needs of the other.
▪ The managers now appreciated the need to build and nurture relationships with subordinates.
▪ Forgive me for my reticence but I know that many of the present-day inhabitants would not appreciate the need of it.
▪ At Wroxeter, as early as 1912, Bushe-Fox clearly appreciated the need to arrange coarse pottery in a dated sequence.
▪ Like a vile-tasting patent medicine, they appreciate the need for treatment, but find it hard to swallow.
▪ If anything the chat lines have made me appreciate even more the need for a skilled agronomist.
people
▪ Trouble is, Piper, some people do not appreciate good music, especially when they are dodging flying shrapnel.
▪ Like many other people, I appreciate clean rivers and unspoiled forest lands; but all things are not equally important.
▪ Many busy people will appreciate a responsible person exercising their horses.
▪ I think people appreciate that personal touch.
▪ And I don't think many people appreciate the physical demands of actually driving a Formula One car, especially through corners.
▪ Helen's frustration with people who don't appreciate her could result in a marked reduction in her tolerance level.
▪ Some people appreciate seeing ads that will probably interest them.
point
▪ We believe that few theoreticians appreciated this point immediately, and therefore discuss it first.
▪ Erasmus was certainly a man to appreciate that sort of point.
▪ I appreciate the points you make, and I am pleased that you think the project may be able to go on.
▪ It is important to appreciate this point when considering the way in which Formalist thinking subsequently developed.
▪ I appreciate the point that the hon. Gentleman makes about the A26.
reader
▪ However, even at this stage the reader will appreciate that global banking is now an established feature of international financial arrangements.
▪ We leave it to the reader to appreciate what this will mean in due course, as work on oneself progresses.
▪ From Enid Blyton to Henry James, the reader has to appreciate that different things are being expected of him or her.
▪ The reader will no doubt appreciate the significance of this statement.
▪ The reader will appreciate in this chapter the condensed comparison of slurry with direct solid sampling and digested sample analysis, respectively.
▪ The reader can appreciate her desperation as her love for Macbeth becomes hopeless.
▪ But readers can appreciate my reason for feeling that brother Louis had let me down badly.
▪ As all readers will appreciate, this change of course occurs quite frequently and sometimes has to be decided upon very quickly.
significance
▪ That does not mean that they parroted slogans without appreciating their significance.
▪ The reader will no doubt appreciate the significance of this statement.
▪ If they are left unaware of impending judgment they will not appreciate the significance of salvation.
▪ One does not need to acquire hermeneutical skills to appreciate the significance and personal challenge presented by the great truths of salvation.
▪ In these days of piped water supply, it is difficult to appreciate the significance and importance of sources of pure water.
▪ This ensures that only those who fully appreciate the significance of the modules are included in the sanctioning procedure.
▪ They sat down for a meal with the missionaries, fully appreciating the significance of their actions.
▪ To appreciate the significance of the lyrical origin of tragedy, we must first elucidate lyric poetry as such.
support
▪ We would also appreciate any financial support you may give - nomatterhow small!
▪ The president considered these folks personal guests, and he appreciated their interest and support.
▪ He patted me on the back and told me how much he needed and appreciated my support.
▪ We have appreciated so much the support, encouragement, prayers and interest of many from the fellowship over the last year.
▪ We also greatly appreciated the support of our sponsors without which the event could not have taken place.
▪ The Council appreciates their support of the programme and the invaluable help provided by the local centres which run the courses.
value
▪ I fear we may be in danger of knowing the price of everything but failing to appreciate its true value.
▪ Mr Goldinger believed rates would rise and invested in instruments that would appreciate in value if that occurred.
▪ First it must be appreciated that the value of certain features varies with the group being studied.
▪ That box likely will appreciate in value, considering she bought it for a whopping 23 cents.
▪ It is of paramount importance to realise and appreciate the value of deep groundstrokes.
▪ The intended goal of the process will be to produce minds, capable of creating and appreciating values.
▪ The majority of contemporary items will probably not appreciate in value to any worthwhile degree, at least in real terms.
▪ But do politicians appreciate the value of the diplomatic enterprise?
work
▪ What did your father appreciate most in the work of Modigliani?
▪ Just as I may not be able to appreciate a work of art that another sees clearly for its meaning and craft.
▪ At most, fifteen percent were musical and able to appreciate the work.
▪ Those who appreciate his work often see something of themselves in it.
▪ Jett needs a woman who understands him, who really appreciates how demanding his work is.
▪ Guild board member Leigh Timmons appreciates Glendinning's work because of his ability to capture detail.
▪ The crowds of visitors to the Dolls' House at Wembley are a proof that the public do appreciate your work.
▪ The land had nurtured him, toughened him and taught him to appreciate family and hard work.
■ VERB
begin
▪ You begin to appreciate why Newley has become a rich and famous celebrity playing poor failed nobodies.
▪ I began to appreciate the benefits enjoyed by Ronald Reagan as a result of his kindly nature and his high position.
▪ Some have not begun to appreciate the purpose of print.
▪ He enjoyed these very much, and eventually he began to appreciate the more doctrinal portions of the Bible as well.
▪ Likewise, those that thought they were too ephemeral and effervescent, began to appreciate them.
▪ It is at this stage that they begin to appreciate the fruits of their labours.
▪ It was as they enjoyed the water and food he provided in the desert that they began to appreciate his compassion.
▪ To begin to appreciate how it drives him, you have to go back to the beginning of his story.
come
▪ They need to come to appreciate the changes that electricity has made to people's lives.
▪ Maybe we only come to fully appreciate many great athletes and artists just before they walk out the door.
▪ He wanted to watch his wife's mouth move because it was a mouth he'd come to appreciate more and more.
▪ I quickly came to appreciate why the Register-Herald reporter wanted to lie low.
▪ If anyone could post the half-time score and final result when it comes through I'd appreciate it.
▪ In recent years the historical value of these has come to be appreciated.
▪ As the film progresses we come to appreciate Ishi's dignity and the courage of his now departed people.
▪ Teams always come to appreciate the impact of individual styles on performance.
fail
▪ But he failed to appreciate the potential of television.
▪ The managers failed to appreciate that interpretation of administrative procedures.
▪ I fear we may be in danger of knowing the price of everything but failing to appreciate its true value.
▪ The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the fewer crimes they commit.
▪ Tony appeared to recognize a link between the two situations, which he had failed to appreciate until then.
▪ Should you fail to appreciate this, and simply ignore them, there is a real likelihood that you could be bitten.
▪ Insensitive interviewers are often influenced too much by their personal prejudices to an interviewee and fail to appreciate the interviewee's nervousness.
▪ This occurs when the speaker fails to appreciate the differences between speaker and listener.
learn
▪ May we learn to appreciate its beauty and its comforts whilst we still have them to enjoy.
▪ As they learned to appreciate communication and ownership, they set themselves to building subordinates' commitment to the strategy.
▪ It was here, however, that I learned to appreciate the beauty of wild, unspoiled places.
▪ We need to learn from them and appreciate them.
▪ It seems reasonable to suppose that even before 1790 he would have learned to appreciate their attitudes towards recent history.
▪ So you must learn to appreciate and use your emotions.
▪ By the time I'd learned to appreciate the Stage, I was already on it.
▪ Kids can have fun and at the same time learn to appreciate their siblings.
seem
▪ Not everyone seems to appreciate the benefits of treatment at Tetbury.
▪ He also seems to appreciate humor in others.
▪ It's something I have only recently learned to do, and she seemed to appreciate it.
▪ Nor did it seem to appreciate the accomplishment of Holy Trinity School.
▪ Miles seemed to appreciate it, too.
▪ For the first time, many students seemed to appreciate the contribution the Peace Corps could make to the development of Ayacucho.
▪ Neither had been invited, so I managed to get invitations for them organised, which each seems greatly to have appreciated.
▪ Only a handful seemed to appreciate the advantages in actively building trust, credibility, and cooperative relationships with peers.
understand
▪ We understand and appreciate the conflicts among self, family and community.
▪ Schools also need to nurture good citizens and people who can understand and appreciate the world around them.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Alan asked me to tell you how much he appreciated your hospitality when he was in London.
▪ All the bad weather here makes me appreciate home.
▪ Changes were taking place, though at the time no one fully appreciated how far-reaching these changes were to be.
▪ Congress did not appreciate the amount of anger that people felt about this issue.
▪ I appreciate that it's not easy for you, but you must try to get here on time.
▪ I appreciate that some of you have had to wait all night, and I thank you for your patience.
▪ I don't need any help, but I do appreciate your offer.
▪ I don't think you appreciate the difficulties this delay will cause.
▪ I wonder if he really appreciates the seriousness of the situation.
▪ Jan's abilities are not fully appreciated by her employer.
▪ Mom really appreciated the letter you sent.
▪ Our house has appreciated over 20% in the last two years.
▪ Parents have to find ways to show their children that they appreciate their feelings and reactions.
▪ This property has appreciated rapidly during the last ten years.
▪ We really appreciate everything you've done for our daughter.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After one of these, it's very difficult to appreciate a Quarter Pounder or Jumbo Jack.
▪ And yet Ralph appreciated his visits.
▪ But well I appreciate this quiet time.
▪ Each is appreciated by the other in some way.
▪ He patted me on the back and told me how much he needed and appreciated my support.
▪ The 5,000 mostly Catholic villagers are upset that the changes they have made are not appreciated.
▪ The scale of changes in farmland bird populations is only beginning to be appreciated, the Trust says.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appreciate

Appreciate \Ap*pre"ci*ate\, v. i. To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]
--J. Morse.

Appreciate

Appreciate \Ap*pre"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating.] [L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. Appraise.] 1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.

To appreciate the motives of their enemies.
--Gibbon.

3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate. [U.S.]

Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money.
--Ramsay.

4. To be sensible of; to distinguish.

To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
--Lubbock.

Syn: To Appreciate, Estimate, Esteem.

Usage: Estimate is an act of judgment; esteem is an act of valuing or prizing, and when applied to individuals, denotes a sentiment of moral approbation. See Estimate. Appreciate lies between the two. As compared with estimate, it supposes a union of sensibility with judgment, producing a nice and delicate perception. As compared with esteem, it denotes a valuation of things according to their appropriate and distinctive excellence, and not simply their moral worth. Thus, with reference to the former of these (delicate perception), an able writer says. ``Women have a truer appreciation of character than men;'' and another remarks, ``It is difficult to appreciate the true force and distinctive sense of terms which we are every day using.'' So, also, we speak of the difference between two things, as sometimes hardly appreciable. With reference to the latter of these (that of valuation as the result of a nice perception), we say, ``It requires a peculiar cast of character to appreciate the poetry of Wordsworth;'' ``He who has no delicacy himself, can not appreciate it in others;'' ``The thought of death is salutary, because it leads us to appreciate worldly things aright.'' Appreciate is much used in cases where something is in danger of being overlooked or undervalued; as when we speak of appreciating the difficulties of a subject, or the risk of an undertaking. So Lord Plunket, referring to an ``ominous silence'' which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, ``If you knew how to appreciate that silence, it is more formidable than the most clamorous opposition.'' In like manner, a person who asks some favor of another is apt to say, ``I trust you will appreciate my motives in this request.'' Here we have the key to a very frequent use of the word. It is hardly necessary to say that appreciate looks on the favorable side of things. we never speak of appreciating a man's faults, but his merits. This idea of regarding things favorably appears more fully in the word appreciative; as when we speak of an appreciative audience, or an appreciative review, meaning one that manifests a quick perception and a ready valuation of excellence.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
appreciate

1650s, "to esteem or value highly," from Late Latin appretiatus, past participle of appretiare "to set a price to" (see appraise). Meaning "to rise in value" (intransitive) first recorded 1789. Related: Appreciated; appreciating.

Wiktionary
appreciate

vb. 1 (context transitive English) to be grateful or thankful for. 2 (context transitive English) to view as valuable. 3 (context transitive English) to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect. 4 (context transitive English) to increase in value.

WordNet
appreciate
  1. v. recognize with gratitude; be grateful for

  2. be fully aware of; realize fully; "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?" [syn: take account]

  3. hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" [syn: prize, value, treasure]

  4. gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate]

  5. increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate]

Usage examples of "appreciate".

If it be possible to measure the interval between the philosophic writings of Cicero and the sacred legend of Theodoret, between the character of Cato and that of Simeon, we may appreciate the memorable revolution which was accomplished in the Roman empire within a period of five hundred years.

Little could have delighted Adams more than the chance to show her the country that meant so much to him, where success had been his, where, as they both appreciated, he had helped change the course of history, and where he was still the accredited American minister, Congress having never bothered to replace him.

The last of these battles was then a recent event, it having actually been fought within the recollection of our heroine, whose notions of it, however, were so confused that she scarcely appreciated the effect her allusion might produce on her companion.

She knew how to appreciate the value of anathema in certain circumstances without overrating its efficacy in others.

I thank my sister Virginia for believing in me and appreciating my seminars.

They spent months learning about each other, exploring and appreciating their different needs, preferences, and behaviour patterns.

By appreciating him, a woman can help him realize that just by listening he is also helping.

However, when my wife encourages me to listen by appreciating me, it becomes much easier to be a good listener.

Encourage him by asking for his support in little ways and then appreciating him.

When he wants to make up after a fight and starts doing little things for her and she starts appreciating him again.

Even after I was so resistant and grumbly she is still appreciating me.

I began to appreciate the sheer sexual power that had taken possession of me, and with that appreciation came the full arousal that had been denied me.

I trust you gentlemen appreciate your good fortune in arriving just when you did.

The reasons for appreciating Bernard Longueville were much more manifest.

Vivian might have intended, but even had it been less so, Bernard was in a mood to appreciate it.