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appreciate

[uh-pree-shee-eyt] / əˈpri ʃiˌeɪt /






Usage

What are other ways to say appreciate? To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To prize is to value highly and cherish.

Example Sentences

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The sector’s valuations should also continue to appreciate, driven by factors such as high dividend yields, Woo says.

From The Wall Street Journal

They reiterate a buy rating on miner Lynas, highlighting low costs and growing heavy rare-earths separation capacity “that is likely not fully appreciated yet.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“We appreciate that some people are still haunted by memories of the past,” the company said, “but the U.S. nuclear industry evolved and improved.”

From The Wall Street Journal

McCulloh, the Space Force officer in New Mexico, said a handful of tech and energy-related stocks now account for the majority of his net worth simply because they’ve appreciated so much.

From The Wall Street Journal

No play by Stoppard can be fully appreciated in a single theatrical outing.

From Los Angeles Times