verb

appreciate

uh-PREE-shee-ayt

verb

To be grateful for something.

"I really appreciate your help with this."

"She appreciated the kind gesture more than she let on."

To understand and value the true quality, meaning, or importance of something.

"You need to travel to truly appreciate the size of the desert."

(of an asset) To increase in value over time.

"The house has appreciated significantly since they bought it."

How to Use Appreciate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo be thankful for something, to properly understand its value, or (for money/property) to grow in value.

Common pairings

greatly appreciate appreciate in value appreciate the effort

appreciated past tense, appreciates singular

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I really _____ your help with this.

From Medieval Latin appreciatus, "valued or appraised," from ad- + pretium, "price" — the same root as precious and appraise.

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