Appreciation

Noun

 * 1) A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
 * 2) Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
 * 3) A rise in value;&mdash;opposed to depreciation.

Adjectives for Appreciation
intense; genial; detached; sympathetic; respectful; delicate; impersonal; laughing; bashful; mutual; poetic; innocent; definite; full; critical; hearty; high; true; genuine; discreet; wide; sensitive; wholehearted; clearer; deep; heightened; passionate; stunted; aesthetic; anticipated; patriotic; brilliant; cordial; amazed; generous; affectionate; splendid; reluctant; belated; keen; warmhearted; unsolicited; complete; proper; sensuous; fine; vivid; total; marked; flashing; humorous; expressed; emotional; rarefied; scant; supreme; increased; childish; sincere; oppressive; growing; loyal; hard-driven; rare; radiant; tentative; direct; intellectual; spiritual; alleged; artistic; enthusiastic; profound; youthful.

Verbs for Appreciation
differ in—; drink in with—; evoke—; increase—; perceive with—; promote—of;recognize with—; stamp—; —grows; — increases; —rises.

Thesaurus
acceptance; access; accession; accretion; accrual; accruement; accumulation; acknowledgment; addition; admiration; admission; adoration; advance; aggrandizement; allowance; amplification; analyzing; apotheosis; apperception; appraisal; appraisement; appraising; appreciation of differences; appreciativeness; approbation; approval; artistic judgment; ascent; assessing; assessment; augmentation; avowal; awareness; awe; ballooning; bloating; blurb; boom; boost; breathless adoration; broadening; buildup; cognition; cognizance; commendation; comprehension; concession; confession; connoisseurship; consciousness; consideration; courtesy; crescendo; critical niceness; criticalness; declaration; deference; deification; delicacy; development; discriminating taste; discriminatingness; discrimination; discriminativeness; duty; edema; elevation; enhancement; enjoyment; enlargement; esteem; estimate; estimation; evaluating; evaluation; evaluative criticism; exaggerated respect; expansion; extension; fastidiousness; favor; feel; feeling; fine palate; finesse; flood; gain; gauging; good word; gratefulness; gratitude; great respect; greatening; growth; gush; hero worship; high regard; hike; homage; honor; honorable mention; hype; idolatry; idolization; increase; increment; inflation; insight; judiciousness; jump; knowledge; leap; making distinctions; measurement; mindfulness; mounting; multiplication; niceness of distinction; nicety; noesis; note; notice; obligation; opinion; palate; perception; plug; prestige; productiveness; profession; proliferation; promotion; puff; raise; ranking; rating; realization; reckoning; recognition; refined discrimination; refined palate; refinement; regard; respect; reverence; reverential regard; rise; salvo; selectiveness; sense; sense of obligation; sensibility; sensitivity; snowballing; spread; subtlety; surge; swelling; tact; tactfulness; taste; thankfulness; thanks; tribute; tumescence; understanding; up; upping; upsurge; upswing; uptrend; upturn; valuation; valuing; veneration; view; waxing; weighing; widening; worship

Etymology
Compare with French appréciation.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: благодарност, висока оценка
 * German:, , ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ته‌قدیر


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: благодарность, признательность, высокая оценка


 * Bulgarian:, ,  оценяване
 * German:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ته‌قدیر


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: оценка


 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: повышение ценности, вздорожание


 * Spanish: apreciación

Related terms
appreciate