appreciationnoun [ U ]
uk/əˌpriː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/us/əˌpriː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/appreciation noun [ U ] (VALUE)
B2 the act of recognizing or understanding that something is valuable, important, or as described:
Max has no appreciation of the finer things in life.
The crowd cheered in appreciation.
Children rarely show any appreciation of/for what their parents do for them.
These flowers are a token of my appreciation of/for all your help.
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- I'd like to give this bottle of wine as a mark of appreciation for all the work you've done for us.
- A line of male dancers gyrated to the music while the audience screamed their appreciation.
- She was grateful for the help and baked them a cake as a token of her appreciation.
- He took them to a restaurant to show his appreciation for letting him stay.
- When O'Connor scored the winner, the home fans roared in appreciation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- penetrate
- picture
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
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appreciation noun [ U ] (INCREASE)
increase in price, value, etc.:
There has been little appreciation in the value of property recently.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Price increases
- added value
- bounce
- dead cat bounce
- hyperinflation
- inflation
- inflationary
- jack
- jump
- markup
- put sth up
- rack sth up
- rebound
- rise
- rocket
- run
- run sth up
- soar
- spiral
- surcharge
- zoom
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