Originated 1645–55 from Medieval Latin appreciatus (“valued or appraised”), from Late Latin appretiatus (“appraised”), from ap- (form of ad- (“towards”)) + Latin preti(um) (“price”) (English precious) + -atus.
Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates.
- IPA(key): /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/, /əˈpɹiː.si.eɪt/, /əˈpɹɪʃ.i.eɪt/
- Hyphenation: ap‧pre‧ci‧ate
appreciate (third-person singular simple present appreciates, present participle appreciating, simple past and past participle appreciated)
- (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
- Synonym: esteem
I appreciate your efforts.
We sincerely appreciate your help.
Any aid will be warmly appreciated.
- (transitive) To view as valuable.
- Synonym: esteem
You must learn to appreciate time.
- (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- Synonym: grasp
It is essential for the reader to appreciate how important this argument is.
I appreciate that what I'm asking you to do is very difficult.
1883, John Lubbock, On the Senses, Instincts and Intelligence of Animals, With Special Reference to Insects:to test the power of bees to appreciate colour
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:Eve: You learn to appreciate the light by living in the dark.
- (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
- Antonym: depreciate
The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
1809, David Ramsay, History of South Carolina:lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 234:Laughter may be generally classed under three heads,—forced, silly, or vulgar; but hers is the most sweet, real, spirituelle sound possible—it so appreciates the wit, which it increases as it catches—it speaks of spirits so fresh, so youthful!
to be grateful for something
- Arabic: قَدَّرَ (qaddara)
- Bulgarian: благодарен съм (blagodaren sǎm)
- Catalan: agrair (ca), apreciar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 感謝／感谢 (zh) (gǎnxiè)
- Czech: vážit si (cs), být vděčný
- Danish: værdsætte; sætte pris på
- Dutch: waarderen (nl); appreciëren (nl), dankbaar zijn voor
- Estonian: tunnustama
- Finnish: arvostaa (fi), antaa arvoa
- French: être reconnaissant de
- German: zu schätzen wissen, würdigen (de)
- Greek: εκτιμώ (el) (ektimó)
- Hebrew: העריך (he'eríkh)
- Hungarian: méltányol (hu)
- Ido: apreciar (io)
- Indonesian: berterima kasih (id)
- Irish: bheith buíoch as
- Italian: apprezzare (it), essere riconoscente
- Japanese: 感謝する (かんしゃする, kansha suru)
- Korean: 감사하다 (ko) (gamsahada)
- Latvian: vērtēt
- Lithuanian: vertinti (lt)
- Maltese: apprezza
- Maori: whakamaioha, rāhiri, ngākau whakaute
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sette pris på
- Nynorsk: setje pris på
- Persian: قدردان بودن
- Polish: doceniać (pl) impf, docenić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: apreciar (pt), ser grato m, ser grata f, ficar agradecido m, ficar agradecida f
- Romanian: recunoscător (ro)
- Russian: быть призна́тельным (bytʹ priznátelʹnym), быть благода́рным (bytʹ blagodárnym)
- Slovak: byť vďačný za
- Slovene: biti hvaležen
- Spanish: agradecer (es), apreciar (es)
- Swedish: uppskatta (sv), sätta värde på, värdesätta (sv)
- Turkish: müteşekkir olmak, teşekkür borçlu olmak
- Ukrainian: бу́ти вдя́чним (búty vdjáčnym)
- Welsh: gwerthfawrogi (cy)
- Zulu: -bonga
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to view as valuable
- Arabic: قَدَّرَ (qaddara)
- Bulgarian: оценявам (bg) (ocenjavam), ценя високо (cenja visoko)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 欣賞／欣赏 (zh) (xīnshǎng), 贊賞／赞赏 (zh) (zànshǎng), 重視／重视 (zh) (zhòngshì)
- Czech: cenit (cs), oceňovat
- Danish: værdsætte
- Dutch: naar waarde schatten, op waarde schatten, waarderen (nl)
- Esperanto: alttaksi
- Estonian: hindama
- Finnish: arvostaa (fi), pitää arvossa
- French: apprécier à sa juste valeur
- German: zu schätzen wissen, würdigen (de)
- Greek: εκτιμώ (el) (ektimó)
- Hebrew: העריך (he'eríkh), הוקיר (hokír)
- Hungarian: értékel (hu)
- Indonesian: menghargai (id)
- Irish: meas a bheith agat ar
- Italian: apprezzare (it)
- Japanese: 鑑賞する (かんしょうする, kanshō suru)
- Korean: 진가를 알다 (jin'gareul alda)
- Latvian: augstu vērtēt
- Lithuanian: įvertinti (lt)
- Maltese: japprezzah m, japprezzaha f
- Maori: kaingākaunui, rāhiri, ngākau whakaute, (whaka)maioha
- Norwegian: verdsette
- Ottoman Turkish: بگنمك (beğenmek)
- Persian: قدر دانستن (qadr dânestan)
- Polish: doceniać (pl) impf, docenić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: valorizar (pt), dar valor (pt)
- Romanian: (please verify) aprecia la adevărata valoare
- Russian: оце́нивать (ru) (océnivatʹ), (высоко́ (vysokó, “highly”)) цени́ть (ru) (cenítʹ)
- Slovak: oceniť
- Slovene: ceniti zasluge
- Spanish: valorar (es)
- Swedish: sätta värde på, värdesätta (sv)
- Turkish: değerini bilmek, takdir etmek (tr), kıymet vermek (tr)
- Ukrainian: оці́нювати (ocínjuvaty), ціни́ти (uk) (cinýty)
- Welsh: gwerthfawrogi (cy)
- Zazaki: qedır zanen
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to be aware of
- Arabic: عَلِمَ (ʕalima)
- Bulgarian: разбирам (bg) (razbiram), отчитам (bg) (otčitam), усещам (bg) (useštam), различавам (bg) (različavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 懂得 (zh) (dǒngde)
- Czech: uvědomovat si
- Danish: forstå (da)
- Dutch: beseffen (nl)
- Estonian: mõistma (et)
- Finnish: ymmärtää (fi), havaita (fi), erottaa (fi)
- French: se rendre bien compte de
- German: verstehen (de), begreifen (de)
- Greek: αντιλαμβάνομαι (el) (antilamvánomai)
- Hungarian: tudatában van (hu)
- Indonesian: memahami (id), menyadari (id)
- Irish: tuig
- Italian: capire (it), rendersi conto
- Japanese: 理解する (ja) (りかいする, rikai suru)
- Korean: 이해하다 (ko) (ihaehada)
- Latvian: saprast
- Lithuanian: suprasti (lt)
- Maltese: qagħad attent minn
- Norwegian: forstå (no)
- Persian: درک کردن
- Polish: zdawać sobie sprawę (pl) impf, zdać sobie sprawę (pl) pf, rozumieć (pl) impf, zrozumieć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: compreender (pt)
- Romanian: își da seama
- Russian: принима́ть во внима́ние (prinimátʹ vo vnimánije), учи́тывать (ru) (učítyvatʹ); понима́ть (ru) (ponimátʹ) (to be fully conscious of; to consider; to be aware of); воспринима́ть (ru) (vosprinimátʹ), ощуща́ть (ru) (oščuščátʹ), ула́вливать (ru) (ulávlivatʹ) (detect); разбира́ться в (razbirátʹsja v) (to detect by mind)
- Slovak: byť si vedomý
- Slovene: zavedati se
- Spanish: comprender (es), hacerse cargo de
- Swedish: förstå (sv), vara medveten om
- Turkish: anlamak (tr)
- Ukrainian: розумі́ти (uk) (rozumíty), розбира́тися в (rozbyrátysja v)
- Welsh: sylweddoli (cy)
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- “appreciate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “appreciate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "appreciate" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
- “appreciate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- "appreciate" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
