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appreciate

[uh-pree-shee-eyt] / əˈpri ʃiˌeɪt /






Usage

What are other ways to say appreciate? To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To prize is to value highly and cherish.

Example Sentences

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Appreciate the variety of ways a planet might be, and how many of them are, cold, dry, sterile, baked, toxic, inhospitable, and, as far as we can tell, completely devoid of life.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

"Appreciate everyone for checking in," he wrote on Instagram.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

"Appreciate my MSG family for taking such good care of me and I need to shout out the crew that had to clean that up. Appreciate you!"

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

"Appreciate these moments and appreciate the people around you while you can."

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Appreciate, too, the beauties of this author's style in writing.

From Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out by Ryder, Annie H




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