appreciation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
noun delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
noun an expression of gratitude

From French appréciation. By surface analysis, appreciate + -ion.

Joan laughed in appreciation of the comedy. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
His wife listened with interest and appreciation. — Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant, Horatio, Jr. Alger
It was I who found his appreciation flattering. — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

grasp, hold

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