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Webster 1913 Edition
Appreciation
Ap-preˊci-a′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
appréciation
.] 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.His foreboding showed his
appreciation
of Henry’s character. J. R. Green.
3.
A rise in value; – opposed to
depreciation
. Webster 1828 Edition
Appreciation
APPRECIA'TION
,Noun.
1.
A setting a value on; a just valuation or estimate of merit, weight, or any moral consideration.2.
A rising in value; increase of worth or value.Definition 2024
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See also: appréciation
English
Noun
appreciation (countable and uncountable, plural appreciations)
- A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
- 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:
- 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, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:
- Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
- His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.
- A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.
Translations
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence
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Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors
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A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation
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