appreciate

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
  2. (transitive) To view as valuable.
  3. (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.

Teenoorgestelde van
depreciate
Frekwensie

A2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Originated 1645–55; from Medieval Latin appreciātus (“valued or appraised”), later variant of Late Latin appretiātus (“appraised”), the perfect passive participle of appretiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from a(d) (“toward”) + preti(um) (“price”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates; see also precious.

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