admire

Syllables: ad·mireUK/ədˈmaɪə//ədˈmaɪɹ/

admire verb: to be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

Verb

admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)

(obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
- The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
- examples rather to be admired than imitated1640, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State
(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
- kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords,
  And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs,
  When with their fearfull tongues they ſhall confeſſe
  Theſe are the men that al the world admires,c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
(transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
(transitive) To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.
- to admire a person of high moral worth
- to admire a landscape
(US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
- I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them — she'll not answer me, y' see.1953, Arthur Miller, The Crucible
- And I'd admire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.1976, Field & Stream, page 10

Proper noun capitalized: Admire

Admire

A city and town in Kansas.
An unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania.

admire meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

admire in Hindi

to admire, honor, venerate: प्रशंसा करना praśansā karnā

admire in Tamil

மெச்சு, பிரமித்து, போற்று, வியந்துபாராட்டு, நற்பண்புகளைக்கண்டு மனம் குழை

admire in Urdu

تعجب کرنا, تعریف کرنا

admire in Bengali

শ্রদ্ধা করা

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admire in Malayalam: ആദരിക്കുക, ആരാധിക്കുക, പുകഴ്ത്തുക, വിസ്മയത്തോടെ കാണുക
admire in Kannada: ಮೆಚ್ಚು
admire in Sanskrit: पन् pan
admire in Arabic: عَجَبَ ʕajaba
admire in Thai: ชม chom
admire in Vietnamese: khâm phục

Examples of admire in a sentence

He'd always been (very) much admired by his colleagues.
I'd admire seeing a lot of you.” They made camp down at the creek.2002, Jack Jones, Iron Spur, →ISBN, page 37:

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Forms of admire

third-person singular present	admires
present participle	admiring
past participle	admired
past	admired

Past tense of admire: admired

Origin of admire

From Middle English admyren, borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror (“wonder at”).

Named for one of its founders, Jacob Admire.

Words formed from admire

Words that rhyme with admire

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Questions about admire

What does admire mean?: Admire means to be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
What is admire in Hindi?: Admire in Hindi is प्रशंसा करना (praśansā karnā). See Admire meaning in Hindi.
How do you use admire in a sentence?: He'd always been (very) much admired by his colleagues.
What part of speech is admire?: Admire can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce admire?: Admire is pronounced /ədˈmaɪə/ (UK).
What is the past tense of admire?: The past tense of admire is admired.

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