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appreciation
CIDE DICTIONARY
appreciation, n. [Cf. F. appréciation.].
- A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence. [1913 Webster]
- Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors. [1913 Webster]"His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character." [1913 Webster]
- A rise in value; -- opposed to
depreciation . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
appreciation, n.
1 favourable or grateful recognition.
2 an estimation or judgement; sensitive understanding of or reaction to (a quick appreciation of the problem).
3 an increase in value.
4 a (usu. favourable) review of a book, film, etc.
1 favourable or grateful recognition.
2 an estimation or judgement; sensitive understanding of or reaction to (a quick appreciation of the problem).
3 an increase in value.
4 a (usu. favourable) review of a book, film, etc.
Etymology
F f. LL appretiatio -onis (as APPRECIATE, -ATION)
THESAURUS
appreciation
acceptance, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, acknowledgment, addition, admiration, admission, adoration, advance, aggrandizement, allowance, amplification, analyzing, apotheosis, apperception, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, approbation, approval, artistic judgment, ascent, assessing, assessment, augmentation, avowal, awareness, awe, ballooning, bloating, blurb, boom, boost, breathless adoration, broadening, buildup, cognition, cognizance, commendation, comprehension, concession, confession, connoisseurship, consciousness, consideration, courtesy, crescendo, critical niceness, criticalness, declaration, deference, deification, delicacy, development, discriminating taste, discriminatingness, discrimination, discriminativeness, duty, edema, elevation, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, esteem, estimate, estimation, evaluating, evaluation, evaluative criticism, exaggerated respect, expansion, extension, fastidiousness, favor, feel, feeling, fine palate, finesse, flood, gain, gauging, good word, gratefulness, gratitude, great respect, greatening, growth, gush, hero worship, high regard, hike, homage, honor, honorable mention, hype, idolatry, idolization, increase, increment, inflation, insight, judiciousness, jump, knowledge, leap, making distinctions, measurement, mindfulness, mounting, multiplication, niceness of distinction, nicety, noesis, note, notice, obligation, opinion, palate, perception, plug, prestige, productiveness, profession, proliferation, promotion, puff, raise, ranking, rating, realization, reckoning, recognition, refined discrimination, refined palate, refinement, regard, respect, reverence, reverential regard, rise, salvo, selectiveness, sense, sense of obligation, sensibility, sensitivity, snowballing, spread, subtlety, surge, swelling, tact, tactfulness, taste, thankfulness, thanks, tribute, tumescence, understanding, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, valuation, valuing, veneration, view, waxing, weighing, widening, worshipROGET THESAURUS
appreciation
Approbation
N approbation, approval, approvement, sanction, advocacy, nod of approbation, esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration, love, appreciation, regard, account, popularity, kudos, credit, repute, best seller, commendation, praise, laud, laudation, good word, meed of praise, tribute of praise, encomium, eulogy, eulogium, eloge, panegyric, homage, hero worship, benediction, blessing, benison, applause, plaudit, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, acclaim, acclamation, cheer, paean, hosannah, shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise, Prytaneum, approving, in favor of, lost in admiration, commendatory, complimentary, benedictory, laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic, lavish of praise, uncritical, approved, praised, uncensured, unimpeached, popular, in good odor, in high esteem, in favor, in high favor, deserving of praise, worthy of praise, praiseworthy, commendable, of estimation, good, meritorious, estimable, creditable, plausible, unimpeachable, beyond all praise, with credit, to admiration, well, with three times three, Int, hear hear!, bully for you!, well done!, bravo!, bravissimo!, euge!, macte virtute!, so far so good, that's right, quite right, optime!, one cheer more, may your shadow never be less!, esto perpetua!, long life to!, viva!, enviva!, Godspeed!, valete et plaudite!, encore!, bis!, probatum est, tacent satis laudant, servant of God, well done!.Judgment
N judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.Knowledge
N knowledge, cognizance, cognition, cognoscence, acquaintance, experience, ken, privity, insight, familiarity, comprehension, apprehension, recognition, appreciation, intuition, conscience, consciousness, perception, precognition, acroamatics, light, enlightenment, glimpse, inkling, glimmer, glimmering, dawn, scent, suspicion, impression, discovery, system of knowledge, body of knowledge, science, philosophy, pansophy, acroama, theory, aetiology, etiology, circle of the sciences, pandect, doctrine, body of doctrine, cyclopedia, encyclopedia, school, tree of knowledge, republic of letters, erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters, literature, book madness, book learning, bookishness, bibliomania, bibliolatry, information, general information, store of knowledge, education, culture, menticulture, attainments, acquirements, acquisitions, accomplishments, proficiency, practical knowledge, liberal education, dilettantism, rudiments, deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge, acroamatic knowledge, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning, omniscience, pantology, march of intellect, progress of science, advance of science, advance of learning, schoolmaster abroad, scholar, knowing, cognitive, acroamatic, aware of, cognizant of, conscious of, acquainted with, made acquainted with, privy to, no stranger to, au fait with, au courant, in the secret, up to, alive to, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, let into, apprized of, informed of, undeceived, proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in, conversant with, familiar with, erudite, instructed, leaned, lettered, educated, well conned, well informed, well read, well grounded, well educated, enlightened, shrewd, savant, blue, bookish, scholastic, solid, profound, deep-read, book- learned, accomplished, omniscient, self-taught, known, ascertained, well-known, recognized, received, notorious, noted, proverbial, familiar, familiar as household words, familiar to every schoolboy, hackneyed, trite, trivial, commonplace, cognoscible, cognizable, to one's knowledge, to the best of one's knowledge, one's eyes being opened, ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner, to know all is to pardon all, empta dolore docet experientia, gnothi seauton, half our knowledge we must snatch not take, Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher, years teach more than books, knowledge comes but wisdom lingers, knowledge is power, les affaires font les hommes, nec scire fas est omnia, the amassed thought and experience of innumerable, was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss.For further exploring for "appreciation" in Webster Dictionary Online