appreciate
To be grateful or thankful for.
Verb 4 meanings
To be grateful or thankful for.
“I appreciate your efforts.”
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”
To increase in value.
“The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.”
Etymology
Originated 1645–55; from Medieval Latin appreciātus (“valued or appraised”), later variant of Late Latin appretiātus (“appraised”), the perfect passive participle of appretiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from a(d) (“toward”) + preti(um) (“price”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).
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APPRECIATE at a glance
APPRECIATE has 10 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (A 1 + P 3 + P 3 + R 1 + E 1 + C 3 + I 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,804 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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