Other forms: appreciations
Appreciation is grateful recognition, or a rise in value. A token of appreciation, show appreciation, capital appreciation.
The money sense is the opposite of depreciation and covers currencies and assets alike. A third sense is understanding, so an appreciation of the difficulties means grasping them rather than being grateful for them.
1nounappreciationGrateful recognition, or a rise in value.
“We gave our teacher flowers as a sign of our appreciation.”
appreciation is a recognition.
French appreciation comes from Latin appretiare, to set a price on, from ad plus pretium, price.
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English, today
appreciation
From French appréciation. by surface analysis, appreciate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA