appreciate

== English == === Alternative forms === appretiate (archaic) === 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). Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates; see also precious. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/, /əˈpɹiː.si.eɪt/, /əˈpɹɪʃ.i.eɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈəˈpɹiː.ʃi.æɪt/ Hyphenation: ap‧pre‧ci‧ate === Verb === appreciate (third-person singular simple present appreciates, present participle appreciating, simple past and past participle appreciated) (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for. Synonyms: esteem, acknowledge (transitive) To view as valuable. Synonyms: cherish, esteem, value; see also Thesaurus:hold dear (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect. Near-synonyms: realize, grasp, acknowledge (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value. Synonyms: bedear, endear Antonym: depreciate ==== Usage notes ==== This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs ==== Alternative forms ==== appretiate (archaic) 'preciate (pronunciation spelling) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== appraise appreciation appreciative precious ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “appreciate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. “appreciate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "appreciate" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006. “appreciate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. "appreciate" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.