appreciate

«appreciate» in Mova's school dictionary: To be thankful for something: «I appreciate your help» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (appreciate, appreciates, appreciated, appreciating)

meaning for a pupil

1) To be thankful for something: «I appreciate your help». tree →

2) To understand how good or valuable something is and enjoy it. tree →

3) To understand a situation fully: «I appreciate it's hard». tree →

4) (money) To go up in value. tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in polite speech and letters; in art and music lessons we «appreciate» works; in money and maths, things that appreciate gain value (opposite: depreciate). Phrases: «I'd appreciate it if…», «much appreciated».

examples

• I really appreciate your help. tree →
• We learned to appreciate classical music. tree →
• I appreciate that you're tired, but please finish. tree →
• Houses often appreciate over time. tree →
• Your card was much appreciated. tree →
• She appreciates a good joke. tree →
• I'd appreciate it if you shut the door. tree →
• Our best blessings are often the least appreciated. tree →

note

Said «a-PREE-shee-ate». In money problems, appreciate = increase in value; depreciate = decrease.

In the corpora

• "yak vashe zdorov'ya?" means "how is your health?", a caring polite question that grandparents appreciate.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «appreciate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.