Entry Word: appreciation

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a feeling of great approval and liking <my appreciation of her great contributions to womenʼs sports> — see admiration 1
2 acknowledgment of having received something good from another <if you can do that, you'll have our heartfelt appreciation> — see thanks
3 the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something <a course intended to give students an appreciation of abstract art> — see comprehension