Word Finder - appreciating

definition

To be grateful or thankful for.

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I appreciate your efforts

synonyms

• esteem

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To view as valuable.

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You must learn to appreciate time

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• esteem

definition

To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

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I appreciate that what I'm asking you to do is very difficult.

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• grasp

definition

To increase in value.

example

The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.

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Appreciation

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Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.

Lacroix - as were capable of appreciating them.

There was nothing original in the treatment, but it showed such power of appreciating the new ideas of the Fichtean method that it was hailed with cordial recognition by Fichte himself, and gave the author immediately a place in popular estimation as in the foremost rank of existing philosophical writers.

A large population grew up, first at Kimberley, afterwards at Barberton, and finally at Johannesburg - a population modern in its ideas, energetic, educated, cosmopolitan, appreciating all the resources that modern civilization had to offer them, and with a strong partiality for the life of the town or the camp rather than that of the farm and the veld.

She rubbed her wrists, not fully appreciating his effort.

He was about to ask if she played, but she was already appreciating the ceiling."My God, that's hand carved."

It's a simple matter of people appreciating a clear and well-designed page over a standard form.

Jackson didn't speak; he just sat appreciating her expression of pure contentment.

The net effect is positive, but the laid-off workers will probably have a hard time appreciating it.

Count Rostov approved of this suggestion, appreciating its reasonableness.

Her sadness had nothing to do with not appreciating their fortune.

In dealing with Plato he was handicapped by this very common sense, which prevented him from appreciating the theory of ideas in its widest relations.

No one reading Rabelais without parti pris, but with a good knowledge of the history and literature of his own times and the times which preceded him, can have much difficulty in appreciating his book.

Still, her sadness had nothing to do with not appreciating their fortune.

Naïve materialism is due to a cause which still, perhaps, has no small power, the natural difficulty which persons who have had no philosophic training experience in observing and appreciating the importance of the immaterial facts of consciousness.

They 're fully appreciating the hard techno pumping out from various sound systems in the stalls beyond.

His teaching, essentially, was a training in the art of appreciating and living in the light of that mysterious unconditioned reality.

This type of financial obligation is generally regarded as one of the most toxic debts because interest is perpetually charged on balances that are not secured by anything gaining value or appreciating.

It wasn't until this past year, though, that I really came around to appreciating the products for what they are, and that's due in great part to the company's commitment to improving their line.

Hence the expression, (you always want what you can't have) With maturity and time, hopefully, your "fear of commitment" will change into appreciating how wonderful it is to be with a caring, loving person.

It is also advisable to consume unflavored and unsweetened yogurt and kefir products, although many people have an initially difficult time appreciating the sour taste of these foods.

More and more men are appreciating the luxury of gemstone jewelry, though not all sparkling pieces are met with similar enthusiasm.

Many children have been so severely criticized by teachers that they never pick up art materials again and some are even turned away from appreciating anyone else's art.

The talk show host wants women of all nationalities to help redefine the way society views what is beautiful by appreciating who they are inside and out.

Equity is obtained by bringing the mortgage balance down with payments, by the home appreciating in value, or by a combination of the two.

These products address growing demand by consumers who are appreciating the benefits of increasing their fiber intake.

This also includes knowing who the competitors are and fully appreciating the strengths and weaknesses of each.

Enjoy being exposed to people from all walks of life, learning what makes them tick and appreciating your differences.

Someone who isn't completely over a previous relationship may expect you to be like their former love interest instead of appreciating you for who you actually are.

The fact is, if you are enjoying yourself, and appreciating the world around you, the things you say will come across as sweet simply because of your mood.

Flattery works best when you are really appreciating a girl.

Using the online versions helps make these concepts more accessible to children's mindsets and helps establish an attitude of tolerance and appreciating diversity.

The November 16, 1996 episode features Robert Downey Jr. Craig and Ariana are giving a lesson to Dawson (Downey Jr.'s character) about appreciating women for their minds and not their bodies.

Naïve materialism is due to a cause which still, perhaps, has no small power, the natural difficulty which persons who have had no philosophic training experience in observing and appreciating the importance of the immaterial facts of consciousness.

The cells of the tip at any given moment may be sensitive, but in a few days the power of receiving the stimulus has passed to other and younger cells which then constitute the tip. The power of appreciating the environment is therefore to be associated with the protoplasm only at a particular stage of its development and is transitory in its character.

About this time began his connexion with Mme de Nehra, the daughter of Zwier van Haren, a Dutch statesman and political writer, and a woman of a far higher type than Sophie, more educated, more refined, and more capable of appreciating Mirabeau's good points.

Shiloh revealed to Grant the intensity of the struggle, and after that battle, appreciating to the full the material and moral factors with which he had to deal, he gradually trained his military character on those lines which alone could conduce to ultimate success.

Maine's power of swiftly assimilating new ideas and appreciating modes of thought and conduct remote from modern Western life came into contact with the facts of Indian society at exactly the right time, and his colleagues and other competent observers expressed the highest opinion of his work.

Sprengel came very near to appreciating the meaning of cross-pollination in the life of plants when he states that "it seems that Nature is unwilling that any flower should be fertilized by its own pollen."

Moffat was builder, carpenter, smith, gardener, farmer, all in one, and by precept and example he succeeded in turning a horde of bloodthirsty savages into a "people appreciating and cultivating the arts and habits of civilized life, with a written language of their own."

He could discern the subtle changes in hue and would walk for hours in the woods appreciating nature's rich bounty.

Forget what my fellow oldies say about youth of today not appreciating this stuff.

They're fully appreciating the hard techno pumping out from various sound systems in the stalls beyond.

His intimate friend, Governor Letcher, appreciating his gifts, sent him as a colonel of infantry to Harper's Ferry, where the first collision with the Union forces was hourly expected.