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# appreciate

«appreciate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To be thankful for something: «I appreciate your help»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (appreciate, appreciates, appreciated, appreciating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To be thankful for something: «I appreciate your help». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#m1)

2) To understand how good or valuable something is and enjoy it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#m2)

3) To understand a situation fully: «I appreciate it's hard». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#m3)

4) (money) To go up in value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Common in polite speech and letters; in art and music lessons we «appreciate» works; in money and maths, things that appreciate gain value (opposite: depreciate). Phrases: «I'd appreciate it if…», «much appreciated».

### examples

- I really appreciate your help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#x1)
- We learned to appreciate classical music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#x2)
- I appreciate that you're tired, but please finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#x3)
- Houses often appreciate over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#x4)
- Your card was much appreciated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#x5)
- She appreciates a good joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#x6)
- I'd appreciate it if you shut the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#x7)
- Our best blessings are often the least appreciated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/#x8)

### note

Said «a-PREE-shee-ate». In money problems, appreciate = increase in value; depreciate = decrease.

### In the corpora

- ["yak vashe zdorov'ya?" means "how is your health?", a caring polite question that grandparents appreciate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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