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DictionaryRoot: pretium
Latin

pretium

price, value, or reward

Forms

  • pretium
  • preti- — Used before other endings.
  • price — A development through French.

Origin

An inherited Latin word with older Indo-European connections to exchange or value.

Note

What something costs and what it is worth need not be the same, but both belong to this family.

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verb

appreciate

uh-PREE-shee-ayt/əˈpriːʃieɪt/

To recognize and understand something's significance.

The visitor appreciates the textile's intricate craftsmanship as its maker explains a detail.

Visitor pauses in attentive appreciation before an intricate handwoven textile while its maker explains a detail.
Etymology
apLatinto, toward; addition; sometimes emphasis
+preciateLatinprice, value, or reward

The “price” root underlies setting a value on something, which became esteeming it highly. Appreciation also developed toward full awareness, connecting valuation with recognizing something’s meaning or quality.

In context

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More examples

  • She learns to appreciate the garden’s quiet beauty.
  • I did not appreciate the seriousness of the problem at first.
  • The team appreciates his careful work.

Forms

appreciate · appreciates · appreciated · appreciating

appreciation noun — recognition of value or importance

Similar words

value
Emphasizes judging something important or worthwhile.
esteem
Esteem holds someone or something in high regard; appreciate recognizes its worth or usefulness.