## Meanings
1. A feeling of being grateful, or a way of showing thanks.
2. An understanding of how good, important, or valuable something is.
3. An increase in price or value.

## Examples
- They sent flowers as a token of their appreciation.
- He has a deep appreciation of classical literature.
- The land has seen a 30% appreciation in value.

## Antonyms
- depreciation

## Derived Forms
- appreciational
- inappreciation
- misappreciation
- nonappreciation
- reappreciation
- unappreciation
- underappreciation

## Related Forms
- appreciate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: appréciation

## Etymology
From French appréciation. By surface analysis, appreciate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Appreciation is from French appréciation. By surface analysis, appreciate plus -ion. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, appreciation denotes a feeling of being grateful, or a way of showing thanks, an understanding of how good, important, or valuable something is, and an increase in price or value. The same word family continues in derived forms such as appreciational, inappreciation, misappreciation, and nonappreciation and related entries such as appreciate.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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