verb
1 recognize good qualities
ADVERB
▪ really , truly
▪ fully , properly
▪
The sound quality was poor so we couldn't fully ~ the music.
▪ especially , particularly
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Teachers will especially ~ the lists at the back of the book.
2 be grateful
ADVERB
▪ deeply , genuinely , greatly , highly , really , sincerely , totally ( esp. AmE ), truly , very much
▪
We do really ~ your help.
▪ especially , particularly
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Younger kids might especially ~ a trip to the zoo.
3 understand
ADVERB
▪ fully , totally
▪
I fully ~ your concern. We will do all in our power to help.
▪ easily , readily
▪
The problems should be easily ~d.
VERB + APPRECIATE
▪ fail to
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The government failed to ~ the fact that voters were angry.
PHRASES
▪ be generally ~d , be widely ~d
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It is generally ~d that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.
Appreciate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ asset , ↑ value
Appreciate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ability , ↑ art , ↑ beauty , ↑ benefit , ↑ comment , ↑ complexity , ↑ compliment , ↑ concern , ↑ contribution , ↑ difference , ↑ diversity , ↑ effort , ↑ enormity , ↑ extent , ↑ fact , ↑ feedback , ↑ flavour , ↑ generosity , ↑ gravity , ↑ help , ↑ honesty , ↑ humour , ↑ impact , ↑ implication , ↑ importance , ↑ input , ↑ joke , ↑ kindness , ↑ magnitude , ↑ merit , ↑ music , ↑ nuance , ↑ point of view , ↑ role , ↑ scale , ↑ seriousness , ↑ significance , ↑ subtlety , ↑ suggestion , ↑ support , ↑ value , ↑ wonder , ↑ work , ↑ worth