Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Appreciation

Ap-preˊci-a′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
appréciation
.]
1.
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
2.
Accurate perception; true estimation;
as, an
appreciation
of the difficulties before us; an
appreciation
of colors.
His foreboding showed his
appreciation
of Henry’s character.
J. R. Green.
3.
A rise in value; – opposed to
depreciation
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Appreciation

APPRECIA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
A setting a value on; a just valuation or estimate of merit, weight, or any moral consideration.
2.
A rising in value; increase of worth or value.

Definition 2024


appreciation

appreciation

See also: appréciation

English

Noun

appreciation (countable and uncountable, plural appreciations)

  1. A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
    • 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:
      The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
  2. Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
    His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. J. R. Green.
  3. A rise in value;opposed to depreciation.

Translations

Related terms

appreciate