Appreciating
to be grateful or thankful for:
they appreciated his thoughtfulness.
to value or regard highly; place a high estimate on:
to appreciate good wine.
to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect:
to appreciate the dangers of a situation.
to raise in value.
to increase in value:
property values appreciated yearly.
contemporary examples
rosenbaum contended that ortega is incapable of appreciating her situation and -ssisting in her own defense.
‘killer nanny’ case: what the krims didn’t know about yoselyn ortega michael daly june 25, 2013
what they are not appreciating is the signal that sends to the rest of the world.
mccain: obama mishandled egypt, abandoned libya and syria josh rogin october 9, 2013
more important than determining who deserved credit is appreciating the dynamics that occur when people share ideas.
you can look it up: the wikipedia story walter isaacson october 18, 2014
with the new moon, tuesday, cultivate a half-full perspective, appreciating your devotees instead of wooing those who dismiss you.
zodiac beast: may 1-7 starsky + c-x april 29, 2011
zen practice is about appreciating your life in this moment.
peter matthiessen was one of the greatest writers of a great generation malcolm jones april 6, 2014
historical examples
the germans were quick in appreciating his music; but it was not until after his death that his ability was conceded in france.
the standard cantatas george p. upton
it was a view which the sympathetic davidson was capable of appreciating.
victory joseph conrad
count rostov approved of this suggestion, appreciating its reasonableness.
war and peace leo tolstoy
to english connoisseurs belongs the credit of appreciating this great maker.
the violin george hart
the public found them out long before i did, and it is not very often that it gets ahead of a poet in appreciating his own works.
memoirs charles g-dfrey leland
verb (mainly transitive)
to feel thankful or grateful for: to appreciate a favour
(may take a clause as object) to take full or sufficient account of: to appreciate a problem
to value highly: to appreciate shakespeare
(usually intransitive) to raise or increase in value
v.
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.
Read Also:
- Appreciational
grat-tude; thankful recognition: they showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch. the act of estimating the qualities of things and giving them their proper value. clear perception or recognition, especially of aesthetic quality: a course in art appreciation. an increase or rise in the value of property, goods, etc. critical notice; evaluation; opinion, […]
- Appreciative
feeling or showing : an appreciative audience at the concert. contemporary examples i am so appreciative for the ability to be able to provide services, as every affiliate is. daily beast readers react to youtube stillborn baby memorials brandy zadrozny november 11, 2013 filat said moldova was appreciative of u.s. -ssistance but more help, especially […]
- Appreciatively
feeling or showing : an appreciative audience at the concert. historical examples at this the parent grinned a little, grimly it is true, but appreciatively. the preliminaries cornelia a. p. comer he drank it appreciatively and remarked that there was still no other he liked so well. alexander’s bridge and the barrel organ willa cather […]
- Appreciator
to be grateful or thankful for: they appreciated his thoughtfulness. to value or regard highly; place a high estimate on: to appreciate good wine. to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect: to appreciate the dangers of a situation. to raise in value. to increase in value: property values appreciated yearly. historical examples any […]
- Appreciatory
. historical examples but she was already reading the brief article aloud, slowly but with appreciatory expression. ‘smiles’ eliot h. robinson it is a highly favorable notice, and, as far as it goes, appreciatory. george eliot’s life, vol. ii (of 3) george eliot she was a rara avis in terris and excited any amount of […]