- thanks or gratitude
- assessment of the true worth or value of persons or things
- perceptive recognition of qualities, as in art
- an increase in value, as of goods or property
- a written review of a book, etc, esp when favourable
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ap•pre•ci•a•tion /əˌpriʃiˈeɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- gratitude;
thankful recognition:[uncountable]showed appreciation by applauding. - clear perception and understanding of something: [uncountable]a course in art appreciation.[countable* usually singular]hasn't a clear appreciation of the difficulties.
- an increase or rise in the value of something:[uncountable]Property appreciation led to higher taxes.
ap•pre•ci•a•tion
(ə prē′shē ā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
ap•pre′ci•a′tion•al, adj.
- gratitude;
thankful recognition:They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch. - the act of estimating the qualities of things and giving them their proper value.
- clear perception or recognition, esp. of aesthetic quality:a course in art appreciation.
- an increase or rise in the value of property, goods, etc.
- critical notice;
evaluation;
opinion, as of a situation, person, etc. - a critique or written evaluation, esp. when favorable.
- French appréciation
- Late Latin appretiāt(us) (see appreciate) + -ion, or
- earlier appretiation 1600–10
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appreciation /əˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən; -sɪ-/ n
'appreciation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acknowledge
- aesthete
- applause
- appreciative
- cognoscenti
- connoisseur
- delicacy
- discrimination
- eat up
- gratitude
- justice
- middlebrow
- pay
- philharmonic
- recognize
- thankfully
- thankless
- thanks
- acknowledgment
- applaud
- artistic
- balsam
- bonus
- civilization
- clap
- comic
- dignity
- education
- elude
- equity
- estimation
- feeling
- flash
- grateful
- great
- heighten
- highly
- hubba hubba
- hurrah
- huzzah
- inappreciative
- inartistic
- invest
- investment
- laugh
- literature
- music
- palate
- paper profit
- part