appreciating

appreciating is the present participle and gerund of appreciate.

Meaning of appreciate

appreciate (third-person singular simple present appreciates, present participle appreciating, simple past and past participle appreciated)

(transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
- I appreciate your efforts.
Synonyms:

esteem, acknowledge
(transitive) To view as valuable.
- You must learn to appreciate time.
Synonyms:

cherish, esteem, value, bedear, hold dear, prize, think much of, treasure
(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- Near-synonyms: realize, grasp, acknowledge
Synonyms:

realize, grasp, acknowledge
(intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
- The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
Synonyms:

bedear, endear

Antonyms:

depreciate

appreciating (comparative more appreciating, superlative most appreciating)

Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.
- Gentle, affectionate, full of those small courtesies so endearing in daily life, generally silent, but such an appreciating listener, so unworldly, so young, and so lovely—Emily attached those with whom she lived, more than themselves suspected.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 211

appreciating (plural appreciatings)

appreciation
- There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.2005, Theodore Cheney, Getting the Words Right, page 238

What does appreciating mean?: Appreciating means appreciative: having or showing appreciation.
What is appreciating the present participle and gerund of?: Appreciating is the present participle and gerund of appreciate.
What part of speech is appreciating?: Appreciating can be an adjective or a noun.

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