appreciation
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2.9
- noun
- /əˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃən/
:
aprecio
- And it it allowed me to have a greater appreciation for life in general.
- understanding and appreciation
- deep appreciation
- develop an appreciation
So your understanding, your appreciation for life is different.
- So your understanding, your appreciation for life is different.
- From whence comes your deep appreciation and love of the water.
- Going to college, among other things, gave me an appreciation for the wider world.
- So the, the, it's the appreciation for vegetables in general.
- But it's impossible to not develop a deeper appreciation for just how powerful the mind is.
- Because song appreciation should be embraced by everyone.
- In some strange way we have come out of full circle around our appreciation of nature.
- And so I was able to blend the appreciation of stretching it, right.
- And again, that appreciation of it can generate more good.
- Now, would full appreciation of these things result?
Examples
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But he appears to have appreciation of the beautiful in all its forms.
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But it's impossible to not develop a deeper appreciation for just how powerful the mind is.
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So my appreciation for time becomes different.
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So you have a real appreciation of his work.
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Going to college, among other things, gave me an appreciation for the wider world.
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The students strongly agreed that the project increased their appreciation of the value of good data.
Academic text (2013) -
This person is fundamentally motivated by an appreciation for truth.
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I took a course in music appreciation, at one time, and now I try to spend half an hour to an hour every day listening to something I really like.
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She left me with an enduring appreciation for the women of the street.
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Her trip to the art museum gave her a newfound appreciation for modern art.
Synonyms
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3.1
A general feeling about a situation
871
1.1
The ability to know what something means
504
4.1
A person's liking for styles, clothes, or art
73
3.6
Understanding of a subject or idea
70
3.0
Ability to understand the meaning of what you read or hear
38
6.6
The ability to notice and judge things clearly and wisely
38
2.7
Becoming aware of something and understanding it clearly
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6.6
Being quick to notice small details and other people's feelings
Antonyms
Compounds
How Appreciative
Surface Forms
Morphology
appreciation = appreciate (transparent) = appreciate + ion
This noun is a straightforward nominalization of the verb 'appreciate' in the sense 'recognize value or quality', so meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
The word appreciation has the Latin root pretium ('price' or 'value'), the same root as the English word price. So an appreciation of something is the ability to see and value its quality or importance.