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appreciate, depreciate, deprecate
appreciate (uh PREE shee ayt") (verb)
1. Be grateful for, be thankful for, regard highly: "Velma will certainly appreciate all that Dwight has done for her."
2. To realize the worth of, estimate justly "Dora, you don't have to be a connoisseur to appreciate good cooking."
3. To increase in value: "Given the history of this company, Daisy's investment could appreciate over the months."
2. To realize the worth of, estimate justly "Dora, you don't have to be a connoisseur to appreciate good cooking."
3. To increase in value: "Given the history of this company, Daisy's investment could appreciate over the months."
depreciate (di PREE shee ayt") (verb)
1. To reduce or to lower the value of: "Runaway inflation can quickly depreciate the country's currency."
2. To belittle, to disparage: "Enrique felt that he had to depreciate Naomi's efforts to help him."
2. To belittle, to disparage: "Enrique felt that he had to depreciate Naomi's efforts to help him."
deprecate (DEP ri kayt") (verb)
1. To protest or to express strong disapproval of: "The townspeople deprecate the new exhibit."
2. To belittle: "Everett, you should not deprecate your own worth to the community."
2. To belittle: "Everett, you should not deprecate your own worth to the community."
The end of the fiscal year is a time to appreciate the value of the stocks which did appreciate significantly in the Stock Market.
There was a slight period during which the stocks seemed to depreciate but they rallied in a short time. All in all, Virgil felt that he could not deprecate the results of his business investments.
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