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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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Since making the transition, the couple have been able to appreciate things in life that they previously took for granted.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

I’m a stock-focused guy, so I have to recommend investments that I expect to appreciate.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

It turns out that young Americans still appreciate it when a figure of authority advocates for the human touch.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

I’m curious what you’ve come to appreciate or understand about that.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

We must appreciate the things that are meaningful to us, or they could be taken away.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman




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