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appreciate

verb as in be grateful, thankful

verb as in increase in worth

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verb as in value highly

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I wrote about how much I appreciate that kind of sweet kookiness in comedies — the sort of story ideas you simply can’t imagine a filmmaker pitching today, let alone a studio executive greenlighting.

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This is a Mustang, after all, so that is important to the people who appreciate that heritage.

We have a card that was specifically planned to espouse how fast life moves, and how we may forget to stop and say, “I appreciate you.”

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It was a true lightswitch wine for me, and helped me understand and appreciate grower Champagne in a deeper way.

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That’s one thing Kramon appreciates, even on the most painful calls.

He was getting another lesson in what he had seemed not to appreciate fully about cops.

She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.

What I appreciate is, they are respectful of the democratic process.

Body Positivist Who Also Happens to Look Like Beyoncé "Young people don't appreciate how beautiful our bodies are."

But this is shaping up to be the hottest product of the year, so your favorite techie will surely appreciate an I.O.U from Santa.

The pupil will appreciate its practical value the moment he masters the key to it.

He, who knows the dangers and necessities we were in, will appreciate the joy we felt and that we feel at its arrival.

No one could appreciate better than ourselves the unpleasant possibilities that stared us in the face.

It is just this joyous, care-free nature of the Irish that the stolid Englishman will never learn to appreciate.

We say—mark this, in order to appreciate a display of the true genius of statesmanship.

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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.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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