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appreciation

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See also:appréciation

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Etymology

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FromFrenchappréciation.Morphologicallyappreciate +‎-ion

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Noun

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appreciation (countable anduncountable,pluralappreciations)

  1. The act of appreciating.
  2. A fairvaluation orestimate ofmerit,worth,weight, etc.; recognition ofexcellence;gratitude andesteem.
    We give to you this trophy as a token of ourappreciation of all your years of service.
  3. Accurateperception; trueestimation.
    anappreciation of the difficulties before us
    anappreciation of colors
    • 2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, inThe Guardian:
      The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a betterappreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
    • 1874, John Richard Green,History of the English People, Volume I:
      His foreboding showed hisappreciation of Henry's character.
  4. Arise invalue.

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a just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence
accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors
a rise in value;—opposed to depreciation
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