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発音

• IPA: /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: ap‧pre‧ci‧a‧tion

名詞

appreciation (countable and uncountable, plural appreciations)

1. The act of appreciating.
2. A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.

   We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service.

3. Accurate perception; true estimation.

   an appreciation of the difficulties before us

   an appreciation of colors

   • 2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian:

     The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?

   • 1874, John Richard Green, History of the English People, Volume I:

     His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character.

4. A rise in value.

別の表記

• 'preciation (pronunciation spelling)

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “rise in value”): depreciation

派生語

関連する語

• appreciate