appreciation - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Appreciation is all about understanding. When you show your appreciation to someone, you are thanking them, but you're also telling them that you understand what they have done.

If you know a lot about wine, you could be said to have an appreciation of it. If you take music appreciation in college, you will understand music better. Appreciation also can mean a rise in value—you might refer to the appreciation of the value of a house.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: appreciation

1	n	understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
2	n	an increase in price or value

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: appreciation

1

n understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

Synonyms:: grasp, hold

Types:: sense
a natural appreciation or ability

Type of:: apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding
the cognitive condition of someone who understands

n delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)

Synonyms:: discernment, perceptiveness, taste

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; connoisseurship, vertu, virtu
love of or taste for fine objects of art; style, trend, vogue
the popular taste at a given time; delicacy, discretion
refined taste; tact; culture
the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group; New Look
a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt; fashion
the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior; bandwagon
a popular trend that attracts growing support; counterculture
a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture; mass culture
the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media; letters
the literary culture

Type of:: discrimination, secernment
the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

n an expression of gratitude

“he expressed his appreciation in a short note”

Type of:: thanks
an acknowledgment of appreciation

n a favorable judgment

Synonyms:: admiration

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; adoration, idolisation, idolization
the act of admiring strongly; glorification, idealisation, idealization
a portrayal of something as ideal; glorification
the act of glorifying (as in worship); romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalisation, sentimentalization
the act of indulging in sentiment

Type of:: approval, approving, blessing
the formal act of approving

2

n an increase in price or value

“an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate”

Antonyms:: depreciation
a decrease in price or value

Type of:: increase, step-up
the act of increasing something