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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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But they fail to appreciate that companies innovating and creating new markets can grow faster for longer and in a more durable, repeatable manner than the market generally expects.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s “early days,” she says, but the new models are “certainly resonating very, very well with our customers. They appreciate the transparency.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“You just go to do your job every day, and you don’t think about it day to day, but then when something like that happens, that’s when you really see where people appreciate you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And so when we started looking into the topic last February, I didn't truly appreciate the scale of what was really going on on our High Streets.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

I knew she could appreciate the thrill of adventure.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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