| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To enjoy or relish.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To estimate, evaluate, valuate, compute or value. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To esteem or respect. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To consider, deem, think or regard. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To calculate, reckon, count or quantify. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To determine, adjudicate or decide. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To rate or price.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Present participle conjugation of the verb appreciate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (appreciate) | 1. Recognize with gratitude; be grateful for.[Wordnet]. 2. Be fully aware of; realize fully; "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?".[Wordnet]. 3. Hold dear.[Wordnet]. 4. Gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!".[Wordnet]. 5. Increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark".[Wordnet]. 6. Hold dear; "I prize these old photographs".[Wordnet]. 7. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.[Websters]. 8. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.[Websters]. 9. To be sensible of; to distinguish.[Websters]. 10. To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.].[Websters]. 11. Base verb from the following inflections: appreciating, appreciated, appreciates, appreciator, appreciators, appreciatingly and appreciatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being following.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being discerning or discriminating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being entertaining or amusing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being adoring or loving. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being grasping. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being pleasing or satisfying. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being penetrating or piercing.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "APPRECIATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: APPRECIATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Setting a value on; estimating; rising in value.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of to appreciate. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: appreciate
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Appreciate highly | Tips from 1870 | Usage: Appreciate highly. To appreciate is to set a full value upon a thing. We may value highly, or prize highly, or esteem highly, but the word highly when used with appreciate is superfluous. Source: Slips of Speech. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: appreciate | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Appreciate the Taste of Life | 7 | Appreciate the Taste of Life | 7 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
