Appreciation
[əpriːʃɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n;-sɪ-] or [ə,priʃɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an increase in price or value; 'an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate'.
(noun.) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; 'he has a good grasp of accounting practices'.
(noun.) an expression of gratitude; 'he expressed his appreciation in a short note'.
Typed by Jolin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
(n.) Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
(n.) A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.
Editor: Warren
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Valuation, estimation.[2]. Just estimate, correct valuation.
Checker: Melva
Examples
- Lily received this with fresh appreciation; his nonsense was like the bubbling of her inner mood. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The sea has no appreciation of great men, but knocks them about like the small fry. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Primarily it must have appreciation value. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- With the coming of the machine inventions and the new industrial and social ideas of the eighteenth century came an almost sudden new appreciation of the value of time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We all took some, but our appreciation of it was gone, and we merely made a show of eating it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And what has been said about appreciation means that every study in one of its aspects ought to have just such ultimate significance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The literary style is good, there are only a few trivial slips in spelling, and the appreciation is keen of what would be interesting news and gossip. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Until he had subsumed the article under certain categories he had come to accept, appreciation was impossible for him. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- May gave the message with evident pleasure: she was proud of old Catherine's appreciation of her husband. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Perhaps his exalted appreciation of the merits of the old girl causes him usually to make the noun-substantive goodness of the feminine gender. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Such praise on such an occasion from the man who introduced incandescent electric lighting into Germany is significant as to the continued appreciation abroad of Mr. Edison's work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Tardos Mors then greeted each of the green jeddaks and jeds, and to each spoke words of friendship and appreciation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In one of its meanings, appreciation is opposed to depreciation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I suppose I lack appreciation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The imagination is the medium of appreciation in every field. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Norton