appreciate

verb

1. 1

   To be grateful or thankful for.

   I appreciate your efforts.

   We sincerely appreciate your help.

   Any aid will be warmly appreciated.

   I'd appreciate it so much if you'd keep me abreast of developments.

2. 2

   To view as valuable.

   You must learn to appreciate time.

3. 3

   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.

   I appreciate that what I'm asking you to do is very difficult.

   In order then to test the power of bees to appreciate colour, I placed some honey on a slip of glass, and put the glass on coloured paper.

4. 4

   To increase in value.

   The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.

   The sanguine, flattering themselves with the delusive hopes of a speedy termination of the war, were often induced to sell lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money, in which case it was sup­po­sed they would lose the present opportunity of sell­ing to great advantage.

   Laughter may be generally classed under three heads,—forced, silly, or vulgar; but hers is the most sweet, real, spirituelle sound possible—it so appreciates the wit, which it increases as it catches—it speaks of spirits so fresh, so youthful!

Forms

past tense

appreciated

past participle

appreciated

present participle

appreciating

third person singular

appreciates