appreciation
nounUK /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ · CA, US /əˌpɹi.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From French appréciation. By surface analysis, appreciate + -ion.
1
The act of appreciating.
2
A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
- We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service.
3
Accurate perception; true estimation.
- an appreciation of the difficulties before us
- an appreciation of colors
2 more examples
- The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian:
- His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character.1874, John Richard Green, History of the English People, Volume I:
4
A rise in value.
- Antonyms
- depreciation
- Derived terms
- appreciational, capital appreciation bond, inappreciation, misappreciation, nonappreciation, reappreciation, shared appreciation mortgage, unappreciation, underappreciation
- Related terms
- appreciate