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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.

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Next to them, Colbert plied his art slyly, even mildly, but regularly and in ways the nerdiest students of comedy could appreciate.

From Salon • 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

"We should appreciate what was done so fast in a highly complex setting," the WHO said.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

In addition to recounting an exciting and at times almost unbelievably dramatic story, the author helps readers appreciate how Western visitors affected the delicate balance of power among indigenous cultures—sometimes forcefully, but often unwittingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

And the men quickly grew to appreciate them in turn.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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