Dictionaries:
appreciate:
1. To think well of; to understand and enjoy ; to esteem; to value highly.Synonyms: admire ; adore ; applaud; apprise; cherish ; enjoy ; esteem; extol; honor; like; look up to; love ; praise; prize; rate highly; regard; relish; respect; savor; treasure .
2. To recognize the quality, value, worth, significance of, especially favorably.
Synonyms: acknowledge; apprehend; be aware of; be cognizant of; be conscious of; catch the drift; comprehend; dig ; fathom; grasp; know (the value); perceive; read; realize; recognize; savvy; see daylight; sympathize with; take account of; understand.
3. To be grateful for; to be thankful for.
Synonyms: acknowledge; be appreciative; be indebted; be obliged; flip-over ; freak out on ; give thanks; groove-on ; welcome.
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Quotes Containing appreciate:
''You find me cold , unfeeling, selfish, don''t you? Very well then! Marry some sentimental hog or other with a thick pair of lips to kiss you with and a thick pair of boots to kick you with. If you can''t appreciate what you got, you''d better get what you can appreciate .'' Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) to Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) in Pygmalion (1938)
Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) to Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) in Pygmalion (1938): ''You find me cold , unfeeling, selfish, don''t you? Very well then! Marry some sentimental hog or other with a thick pair of lips to kiss you with and a thick pair of boots to kick you with. If you can''t appreciate what you got, you''d better get what you can appreciate .''
Bill (Emilio Estevez) to Chris (Richard Dreyfuss) in Stakeout (1987): ''I would appreciate that you not act like a walking-hard-on when we work together.''
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