Dictionary Entry
appreciation
appreciation is a 12-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 22 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
- 2noun
Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
- 3noun
A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.
- 4noun
an increase in price or value
"an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate"
- 5noun
a favorable judgment
"a small token in admiration of your works"
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- 6noun
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
"arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"
"to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
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- 7noun
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
"he has a good grasp of accounting practices"
- 8noun
an expression of gratitude
"he expressed his appreciation in a short note"
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