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| 1. | [ noun ] (psychology) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | |
| Synonyms: | hold grasp | |
| Examples: | "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" |
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| Related terms: | understanding sense get_the_picture | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (psychology) delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) | |
| Synonyms: | taste perceptiveness discernment | |
| Examples: | "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success" "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" |
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| Related terms: | discrimination vogue culture virtu delicacy tasteful tasteless | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a favorable judgment | |
| Synonyms: | admiration | |
| Examples: | "a small token in admiration of your works" |
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| Related terms: | blessing idealization adoration | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an expression of gratitude | |
| Examples: | "he expressed his appreciation in a short note" |
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| Related terms: | thanks | |
| 5. | [ noun ] an increase in price or value over time | |
| Examples: | "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate" |
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| Related terms: | depreciation increase | |
| Similar spelling: |
appreciative appreciate appreciator appreciatively appreciated appreciably appreciable approximation Aporocactus |
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