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appreciate
English
Etymology
Originated 1645–55 from Medieval Latin appreciatus (“valued or appraised”), from Late Latin appretiatus (“appraised”), from ap- (form of ad- (“towards”)) + Latin preti(um) (“price”) (English precious) + -atus.
Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p?i?.?i.e?t/, /??p?i?.si.e?t/, /??p???.i.e?t/
- Hyphenation: ap?pre?ci?ate
Verb
appreciate (third-person singular simple present appreciates, present participle appreciating, simple past and past participle appreciated)
- (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
- Synonym: esteem
- (transitive) To view as valuable.
- Synonym: esteem
- (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- 1883, John Lubbock, On the Senses, Instincts and Intelligence of Animals, With Special Reference to Insects
- to test the power of bees to appreciate colour
- Synonym: grasp
- 1883, John Lubbock, On the Senses, Instincts and Intelligence of Animals, With Special Reference to Insects
- (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
- 1809, David Ramsay, History of South Carolina
- lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money
- Antonym: depreciate
- 1809, David Ramsay, History of South Carolina
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Alternative forms
- appretiate (archaic)
- 'preciate (pronunciation spelling)
Related terms
- appraise
- appreciation
- appreciative
- precious
Translations
References
- “appreciate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “appreciate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "appreciate" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
- appreciate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- "appreciate" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
appreciate From the web:
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- what appreciate mean
- what appreciates a home
- what appreciates over time
- what appreciates in value over time
- what appreciates in value the most
- what appreciates currency
- what appreciates with time
count
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ka?nt/
- Rhymes: -a?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computare, present active infinitive of comput? (“I compute”). Displaced native Middle English tellen (“to count”) (from Old English tellan) and Middle English rimen (“to count, enumerate”) (from Old English r?man). Doublet of compute.
Verb
count (third-person singular simple present counts, present participle counting, simple past and past participle counted)
- (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
- (transitive) To determine the number (of objects in a group).
- (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
- (intransitive) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- 1886, John Addington Symonds, Sir Philip Sidney
- This excellent man […] counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen.
- 1886, John Addington Symonds, Sir Philip Sidney
- (transitive) To consider something an example of something.
- (obsolete) To take account or note (of).
- (Britain, law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (determine the number of objects in a group): enumerate, number; see also Thesaurus:count
Derived terms
Related terms
- compute
Translations
Noun
count (plural counts)
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- A countdown.
- (law) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- (obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
count (not comparable)
- (linguistics, grammar) Countable.
Etymology 2
From Middle English counte, from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (“count”), from Latin comes (“companion”) (more specifically derived from its accusative form comitem) in the sense of "noble fighting alongside the king". Doublet of comes and comte.
Noun
count (plural counts)
- The male ruler of a county.
- A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
Synonyms
- (English counts): earl
- (French counts): comte
- (Italian counts): conte
- (German counts): graf
Derived terms
- viscount
- count palatine, count palatinate
Related terms
- (female form or wife): countess, contessa
- (adjectival form): comital
- (related titles): baron, don, duke, earl, lord, prince
Translations
Anagrams
- no-cut
Middle English
Noun
count
- Alternative form of cunte
count From the web:
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- what country
- what country am i in
- what countries are communist
- what county am i in right now
- what county is manhattan in
- what country has the highest population
- what country is dubai in
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