appreciate, value, prize, treasure, cherish mean to hold in high estimation. appreciate often connotes sufficient understanding to enjoy or admire a thing's excellence. value implies rating a thing highly for …

To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing worth: to appreciate fine workmanship. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly sensation: …

APPRECIATING definition: 1. present participle of appreciate 2. to recognize how good someone or something is and to value…. Learn more.

APPRECIATE meaning: 1 : to understand the worth or importance of (something or someone) to admire and value (something or someone); 2 : to be grateful for (something)

Jan 2, 2025 · Gentle, affectionate, full of those small courtesies so endearing in daily life, generally silent, but such an appreciating listener, so unworldly, so young, and so lovely—Emily attached those …

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We can all appreciate how refreshing cold lemonade is on a sweltering summer day. The oldest meaning of appreciate is "to know the worth of something": "The parolee appreciated his newfound …