appreciate

appreciate is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
2. transitive verb. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.
3. transitive verb. To be sensible of; to distinguish.
4. intransitive verb. To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]
5. verb. increase the value of

   "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"

   Synonyms: apprise, apprize

6. verb. gain in value

   "The yen appreciated again!"

   Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue

7. verb. be fully aware of; realize fully

   "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?"

8. verb. recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
9. verb. hold dear

   "I prize these old photographs"

   Synonyms: prize, treasure, value

Synonyms

apprise, apprize, revalue, prize, treasure, value

Common word forms

appreciated, appreciates, appreciating

Words from these letters

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