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# appreciable

«appreciable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Large or important enough to be noticed or measured** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (appreciable); adverb: appreciably

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Large or important enough to be noticed or measured. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#m1)

2) Big enough to matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word in science and exam texts: an appreciable difference, an appreciable amount. It tells the reader the change is real and noticeable, not tiny. Phrases: appreciable difference, appreciable amount, appreciable effect.

### examples

- There was an appreciable difference in the plants given sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#x1)
- The new road has made an appreciable change to traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#x2)
- It took an appreciable amount of time to finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#x3)
- The extra practice made an appreciable improvement in her reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#x4)
- The temperature dropped appreciably after sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#x5)
- There was no appreciable change in the results. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#x6)
- An appreciable number of pupils walk to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/#x7)

### note

Formal; plain words: noticeable, considerable. Do not confuse with "appreciative" (feeling or showing thanks). In maths or science, an appreciable change is big enough to measure, but no exact size is given.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appreciable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.