appreciate
/əˈpɹiʃiˌeɪt/
verb
Core
1.v.recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
2.v.be fully aware of; realize fully
“Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?”
3.v.hold dear
“I prize these old photographs”
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appreciate and value share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. appreciate means “recognize with gratitude; be grateful for”. value means “a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed”. appreciate is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/əˈpɹiʃiˌeɪt/
1.v.recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
2.v.be fully aware of; realize fully
“Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?”
3.v.hold dear
“I prize these old photographs”
/ˈvælju/
1.n.a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
“the value assigned was 16 milliseconds”
2.n.the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
“the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world”
3.n.the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
“he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices”
| appreciate | value | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /əˈpɹiʃiˌeɪt/ | /ˈvælju/ |
| Said | uh-PREE-shee-ayt | VA-lyoo |
| Syllables | 4 | 2 |
| Letters | 10 | 5 |
| Parts of speech | verb | noun, verb |
| Senses | 5 | 11 |
| How common | Core | Common |
| Synonyms | none recorded | none recorded |
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