All 11 Uses of
appreciate
in
Childhood's End
- "I wonder if you really appreciate," he continued earnestly, "how difficult this state of affairs makes my job?"†
Chpt 2
- Perhaps he felt the need of direct contact with one human being at least: perhaps he realized that Stormgren needed this form of personal support If this was the explanation, the Secretary-General appreciated it: he did not mind if the Freedom League referred to him contemptuously as "Karellen's office-boy".†
Chpt 2
- As you'll iee-I do hope you appreciate my frankness-our whole plan depended on one thing.†
Chpt 3
- Stormgren hoped he appreciated this gesture, which had been Karellen's idea.†
Chpt 4
- Nothing brutal, you appreciate.†
Chpt 6 *
- Jan Rodricks, though he seldom appreciated his luck, would have been even more discontented in an earlier age.†
Chpt 8
- Ilis main subjects bad been mathematics and physics, but as subsidiaries he had taken philosophy and musical appreciation.†
Chpt 8
- Some humorous civil servant had put the Royal Astrociomical Society on the top floor of the great building, a gesture which the Council members fully appreciated as it gave them a magnificent view across the Thames and over the entire northern part of the city.†
Chpt 9
- Like not a few other intelligent and well-meaning men, he could appreciate all that Karellen had done for the human race, while still being unhappy about the Supervisor's ultimate plans.†
Chpt 15
- Salomon was no artist, but he had an acute appreciation of art and knew that his age could riot match the achievements of previous centuries in any single field.†
Chpt 15
- Andrew Carson's intriguing volumes and curves changed slowly as one watched, according to complex patterns that the mind could appreciate, even if it could not fully comprehend them.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(appreciate as in: We hope our home will appreciate) to increase in value