"appreciated" in the verb sense
1. appreciate
recognize with gratitude be grateful for
2. appreciate, take account
be fully aware of realize fully
"Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?"
3. prize, value, treasure, appreciate
hold dear
"I prize these old photographs"
4. appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
gain in value
"The yen appreciated again!"
5. appreciate, apprize, apprise
increase the value of
"The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"
"appreciated" in the adjective sense
1. appreciated, apprehended, comprehended
fully understood or grasped
"dangers not yet appreciated"
"these apprehended truths"
"a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known"
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