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1. Recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
    
2. Be fully aware of; realize fully
   "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?"
   - take account
    
3. Hold dear
   - prize, value, treasure, prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Gain in value
   "The yen appreciated again!"
   - apprize, apprise [Brit], revalue
    
5. Increase the value of
   "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"
   - apprize, apprise [Brit]

Derived forms: appreciated, appreciates, appreciating

See also: appreciative, appreciator

Type of: acknowledge, consider, increase, realise [Brit], realize, reckon, recognise [Brit], recognize, regard, revalue, see, understand, view

Antonym: depreciate

Encyclopedia: Appreciate