appreciation meaning
EN
[əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən] [-eɪʃən] WAppreciation
- Appreciation may refer to:
- Financial
- Capital appreciation
- Currency appreciation and depreciation
- Other
- Gratitude
- Art criticism
FR appréciation 
- NounPLappreciationsSUF-ation
- A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
- Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
- His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.
- A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.
- A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Oh, wait, they did give me a certificate of appreciation on January 29, 1983, after my 1,000th mile. Well, whoop-de-do!
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of appreciation in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "appreciation" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.