appreciate

verb

1. (transitive)To be grateful or thankful for.

   “I appreciate your efforts.”

   “We sincerely appreciate your help.”

   “Any aid will be warmly appreciated.”

   “I'd appreciate it so much if you'd keep me abreast of developments.”

   “Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further.”

2. (transitive)To view as valuable.

   “You must learn to appreciate time.”

3. (transitive)To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

   “Near-synonyms: realize, grasp, acknowledge”

   “It is essential for the reader to appreciate how important this argument is.”

   “I appreciate that what I'm asking you to do is very difficult.”

   “In order then to test the power of bees to appreciate colour, I placed some honey on a slip of glass, and put the glass on coloured paper.”

   “It is rather the person whose general knowledge is supposed to qualify him to appreciate expert testimony, and to judge between the experts from different fields, whose power is enhance.”

4. (intransitive, transitive)To increase in value.

   “The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.”

   “The sanguine, flattering themselves with the delusive hopes of a speedy termination of the war, were often induced to sell lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money, in which case it was sup­po­sed they would lose the present opportunity of sell­ing to great advantage.”

   “Laughter may be generally classed under three heads,—forced, silly, or vulgar; but hers is the most sweet, real, spirituelle sound possible—it so appreciates the wit, which it increases as it catches—it speaks of spirits so fresh, so youthful!”