appreciative
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- adjective
- /əˈpriːʃəˌtɪv/
:
agradecido
- When you look at things that people go through, it makes you appreciative of life so much.
- appreciative of teachers
- an appreciative audience
- very appreciative
Folks, we are so appreciative, so happy, so thankful.
- Folks, we are so appreciative, so happy, so thankful.
- And that's why I am so appreciative of you coming and sitting with me.
- And I'm truly appreciative of all of you guys.
- And I'm I'm very appreciative of all those who do work on disease.
- And I hadn't ever had any reason to be that deeply appreciative of the world today.
- When you look at things that people go through, it makes you appreciative of life so much.
- But they were, they were overwhelmed, appreciative of what we were doing and how we were handling it.
- And you know, I feel so much more appreciative of how James came easily to us.
- You should be much more appreciative of how good that apology was, right?
- Everybody has been so warm and loving and appreciative.
Examples
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The tone of this story is both inclusive and appreciative of a wide variety of cultural perspectives.
Academic text (2013) -
We're all very appreciative of Dr. Kane and Mr. Black's discovery.
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We truly have to be appreciative of what we have.
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Above and beyond appreciative that we had you.
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There are people who really are so appreciative and it changes their life.
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"For the most part, the clients are so appreciative," she says.
Academic text (2002) -
Folks, we are so appreciative, so happy, so thankful.
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And I'm very appreciative of that.
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We're very appreciative at the church of your generous support.
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I am really appreciative of the support you have given me during this difficult time.
Synonyms
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Feeling thankful for something someone has done or given you
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Feeling happy and relieved because someone helped you or something turned out well
Antonyms
How Appreciative
Surface Forms
Morphology
appreciative = appreciate (transparent) = appreciate + ive
The adjective is a regular derivation from the verb 'appreciate' with the productive suffix '-ive', and its meaning directly follows from the verb.
Etymology
The word appreciative comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and precium 'price', giving the idea of giving value. It is like the English words price and precious, so to be appreciative is to show you value or are thankful for something.