appreciate
/əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/ verb A2- To be grateful or thankful for. · I appreciate your efforts.· We sincerely appreciate your help.
- To view as valuable. · You must learn to appreciate time.
- 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.
- To increase in value. · The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
He/she/it appreciates · Past appreciated · Past participle appreciated · -ing form appreciating
Verb forms
- Base form
- appreciate
- He/she/it
- appreciates
- Past
- appreciated
- Past participle
- appreciated
- -ing form
- appreciating
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You will appreciate that, Mr.
They evidently failed to appreciate the fact, which I had begun to realize, that Sherlock Holmes’ smallest actions were all directed towards some definite and practical end.
Josie walked the Barry fence with an airy unconcern which seemed to imply that a little thing like that wasn’t worth a “dare.” Reluctant admiration greeted her exploit, for most of the other girls could appreciate it, having suffered many things themselves in their efforts to walk fences.
He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at.
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