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 The pronunciation with /ʃ/ is the result of regressive assimilation, where the transition between the unstressed /i/ and the following vowel generates a phonetic palatal glide [j] that pulls the tongue back toward the hard palate during the production of the alveolar sibilant. While this sequence fully collapses in words with weak suffixes (such as social), the unstressed /i/ and its subsequent glide are retained here to preserve metrical rhythm before the secondarily stressed suffix -ate. The pronunciation with /s/ preserves the unassimilated sibilant. See w:Phonological history of English consonant clusters#Regressive assimilation and suffix stress. === 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.