1 [U] pleasure that you have when you recognize and enjoy the good qualities of sb/sth:
She shows little appreciation of good music. * The crowd murmured in appreciation.
2 [U,sing.] ~ of sth a full or sympathetic understanding of sth, such as a situation or a problem, and of what it involves:
I had no appreciation of the problems they faced.
3 [U] ~ (of / for sth) the feeling of being grateful for sth:
Please accept this gift in appreciation of all you've done for us.
4 [U,sing.] ~ (in sth) increase in value over a period of time:
an appreciation in the value of the house * capital appreciation
5 [C] ~ (of sth) (formal) a piece of writing or a speech in which the strengths and weaknesses of sb/sth, especially an artist or a work of art, are discussed and judged:
They were asked to write an appreciation of a poem of their choice.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of appreciation come from?
This entry for appreciation is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is appreciation a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, appreciation is tagged as noun.
Does appreciation appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — appreciation appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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