| VERB | emotion | appreciate | recognize with gratitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | appreciate, take account | be fully aware of | |
| possession | appreciate, prize, value, treasure | hold dear | |
| change | appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue | gain in value | |
| change | appreciate, apprize, apprise | increase the value of |
| Sounds | ahpriy'shiyey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | recognize with gratitude; be grateful for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | acknowledge, recognize, recognise | Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for |
| Spanish | agradecer, apreciar, estimar, valorar | |
| Catalan | agrair, apreciar, estimar, valorar | |
| Adjectives | appreciative | feeling or expressive of gratitude |
| Meaning | Be fully aware of; realize fully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?" | |
| Synonym | take account | |
| Broader | understand, realize, realise, see | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally |
| Spanish | comprender, entender | |
| Catalan | adonar-se de, comprendre | |
| Nouns | appreciator | a person who is fully aware of something and understands it |
| Meaning | hold dear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue appreciate the movie | |
| Synonyms | prize, value, treasure | |
| Narrower | do justice | show due and full appreciation |
| recognize, recognise | show approval or appreciation of | |
| Broader | see, consider, reckon, view, regard | deem to be |
| Spanish | apreciar, atesorar, estimar, valorar, valorizar | |
| Catalan | apreciar, atresorar, avaluar, estimar, tresorejar, valorar | |
| Adjectives | appreciative | having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion |
| Meaning | gain in value. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The yen appreciated again!" | |
| Synonyms | apprize, apprise, revalue | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Opposite | depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue | Lose in value |
| Similar to | appreciate, apprize, apprise | increase the value of |
| Spanish | aumentar, revalorizar, revaluar | |
| Catalan | augmentar, pujar, revaluar | |
| Meaning | increase the value of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" | |
| Synonyms | apprize, apprise | |
| Broader | revalue | Value anew |
| Opposite | depreciate | lower the value of something |
| Similar to | appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue | gain in value |
| Spanish | apreciar | |
| Catalan | augmentar, pujar | |
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