adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an appreciative comment (= showing that you think something is good or nice )
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Appreciative comments may improve your staff’s performance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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But they're more appreciative of the sport ... they join in a lot more Female speaker I didn't expect them here.
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It will make you a better, more appreciative driver, too.
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John has become more appreciative of Irene.
very
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I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative .
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I have worked in this craft a long time, so I am very appreciative of my success.
■ NOUN
audience
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Else Lynes had also brought along her active class to perform a display item before a most appreciative audience .
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Among those literary wanderers of the day who sought a wide and appreciative audience , exaggeration was the fashion.
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I've even told appreciative audiences at dinner parties about it when I've judged the moment to be right.
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Only those who want to read do so; the rest form an appreciative audience .
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Forty years on Marcel's wife Ellen now makes up his appreciative audience .
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Nell McCafferty, Bernadette Devlin and other notables vented their feminist spleen at an appreciative audience .
crowd
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When he was not bowling, his cat-like fielding at midwicket kept an appreciative crowd happy.
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Dancing space was at a premium as hit after hit poured out to the appreciative crowd .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an appreciative audience
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He wrote a warm, appreciative letter, thanking her for everything she had done.
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Our new boss is a real joy to work for. She's so appreciative of anything you do for her.
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They weren't particularly appreciative the last time I helped them. I don't think I'll bother again.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Mr Berzins seems so gentle and appreciative .
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I was reflecting my engineering background and was insufficiently appreciative of the human dimension.
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Later he was sorry, and much later he was appreciative .
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The crowd was particularly appreciative of understudy Ray Walker, who filled in so ably for the ailing star, Colm Wilkinson.
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The fans bathed Hrudey in appreciative applause.
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When he was not bowling, his cat-like fielding at midwicket kept an appreciative crowd happy.
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When the report was finished, Blanche made an appreciative comment.