Sample Sentences for
appreciate
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(editor-reviewed)

appreciate as in:  I appreciate your help.

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    I would appreciate it if you would let me finish the story without interruption.
    appreciate = be grateful
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    Sometimes you don't appreciate what you have because you're too focused on what you want.
    appreciate = value
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    I don't really appreciate expensive wine. It is wasted on me.
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    I try to appreciate the good people and things that are in my life.
    appreciate = be grateful for
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    He was not well-educated or political, but if nothing else, he was a man who appreciated fairness.  (source)
    appreciated = valued
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    I think his shortcoming increased his appreciation; he loved it all indiscriminately—Beethoven, the latest love ditty, jazz, a hymn—it was all profoundly musical to Phineas.  (source)
    appreciation = gratitude or recognition of value
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    He could apologize to Matthew and Mark, too, for not appreciating the checkers and card games they played with him when he knew they'd rather be outside.†  (source)
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    Then came the society of the duchesses; all were pale; all got up at four o'clock; the women, poor angels, wore English point on their petticoats; and the men, unappreciated geniuses under a frivolous outward seeming, rode horses to death at pleasure parties, spent the summer season at Baden, and towards the forties married heiresses.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unappreciated means not and reverses the meaning of appreciated. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    They'd paddled around the bay, moving far quicker than she'd expected, and they'd seen harbor seals, and pelicans, and Mae was convinced this was a criminally underappreciated sport, and the bay a body of water woefully underused.†  (source)
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    'Comrades,' he said, 'I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labor upon himself.'  (source)
    appreciates = recognizes the value of and is grateful for
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    But if you want to buy a few extra onions for Mary Lou, I'm sure she'd appreciate it.  (source)
    appreciate = be grateful
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    In my lonesome hours nothing would be more appreciated than to look at pictures of the family.  (source)
    appreciated = valued
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    George said wonderingly, "S'pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing." Old Candy nodded in appreciation of the idea.  (source)
    appreciation = enjoyment
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appreciate as in:  I appreciate the complexities

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I didn't appreciate how long it would take to write a good report.
appreciate = understand
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    She doesn't fully appreciate our difficulties.
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    She has no appreciation of the delicacy of the negotiations.
    appreciation = understanding
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    I appreciate your concerns about my proposal.
    appreciate = understand
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    Scientists did not initially appreciate the complexity of genetic expression.
    appreciate = understand
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    It looked so easy, but the moment Kit took the wool cards into her hands she appreciated Mercy's skill.  (source)
    appreciated = understood
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    "With each passing minute, I'm developing a deeper appreciation of the word mortified," he said finally.  (source)
    appreciation = understanding
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    I was too worried and scared to appreciate the fact that he was trying to be funny.  (source)
    appreciate = understand
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    Before I dazzle you with the symphonic sound of this unit, let me point out some of its less-appreciated features.  (source)
    appreciated = understood
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    Abnegation sees art as impractical, and its appreciation as time that could be spent serving others, so though I have seen works of art in textbooks, I have never been in a decorated room before.  (source)
    appreciation = time to understand or enjoy
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    But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.  (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
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    For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter.  (source)
    appreciated = understood
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    BENEATHA: (With appreciation of the two meanings, which escape RUTH and WALTER) Un-huh.  (source)
    appreciation = understanding (of a situation)
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    He was only just beginning to appreciate what had happened.  (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
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appreciate as in:  We hope our home will appreciate

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The home appreciated in value.
appreciated = increased
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    We expect our home to appreciate in value and make retiring easier when our children have moved out and we sell it.
    appreciate = increase
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    This car is only going to appreciate in value.  (source)
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    ...we have increased our capital to $11,587.50, an appreciation of twenty-seven point eight percent calculated on an annual basis.  (source)
    appreciation = increase in value
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    He appreciates that they are trying to play the game.†  (source)
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    Webster ... gave his imprimatur to to appreciate (i.e., to rise in value)...  (source)
    appreciate = increase in value
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    The colored lady said the pieces [of furniture] had aged and appreciated.  (source)
    appreciated = increased in value
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    I do look forward to your criticisms, which, to my shame and glory, are always grand appreciations.†  (source)
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    Real estate advertisements were full of testimonials to its location and appreciating values.  (source)
    appreciating = increasing
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    Do you think he appreciates this lovely monument?†  (source)
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    The coins over the years have, as you might imagine, appreciated in value enormously.  (source)
    appreciated = increased
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    He was a pure man of letters, untimely born in a world that had no need of letters; but after publishing one volume of brief and exquisite literary appreciations, of which one hundred and twenty copies were sold, thirty given away, and the balance eventually destroyed by the publishers (as per contract) to make room for more marketable material, he had abandoned his real calling, and taken a sub-editorial job on a women's weekly, where fashion-plates and paper patterns alternated with New England love-stories and advertisements of temperance drinks.†  (source)
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    Not that she understands, or appreciates, the full measure of what I've done for her.†  (source)
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    In fact I've had several market appraisals done in recent years, with the consensus being that my house hasn't fallen in price (as everything else in the county has, especially commercial properties like my former store), but has even appreciated somewhat;  (source)
    appreciated = increased in value
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