| appreciate |  |  | 
| v. (emotion) | 1. appreciate | recognize with gratitude; be grateful for. | 
|  | ~ acknowledge, recognise, recognize | express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for.; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" | 
| v. (cognition) | 2. appreciate, take account | be fully aware of; realize fully.; "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?" | 
|  | ~ realize, see, understand, realise | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" | 
| v. (possession) | 3. appreciate, prize, treasure, value | hold dear.; "I prize these old photographs" | 
|  | ~ do justice | show due and full appreciation.; "The diners did the food and wine justice" | 
|  | ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" | 
|  | ~ recognise, recognize | show approval or appreciation of.; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" | 
| v. (change) | 4. appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue | gain in value.; "The yen appreciated again!" | 
|  | ~ increase | become bigger or greater in amount.; "The amount of work increased" | 
|  | ~ apprise, apprize, appreciate | increase the value of.; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" | 
| v. (change) | 5. appreciate, apprise, apprize | increase the value of.; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" | 
|  | ~ revalue | value anew.; "revalue the German Mark" | 
|  | ~ revalue, apprise, apprize, appreciate | gain in value.; "The yen appreciated again!" | 
| harmony |  |  | 
| n. (attribute) | 1. harmoniousness, harmony | compatibility in opinion and action. | 
|  | ~ compatibility | capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination. | 
|  | ~ congruence, congruity, congruousness | the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate. | 
| n. (communication) | 2. harmony, musical harmony | the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords. | 
|  | ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. | 
|  | ~ harmonisation, harmonization | a piece of harmonized music. | 
|  | ~ four-part harmony | harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines. | 
|  | ~ preparation | (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord.; "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance" | 
|  | ~ resolution | (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord. | 
| n. (state) | 3. concord, concordance, harmony | a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole. | 
|  | ~ order | established customary state (especially of society).; "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" | 
|  | ~ peace | harmonious relations; freedom from disputes.; "the roommates lived in peace together" | 
|  | ~ comity | a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect. | 
|  | ~ accord, agreement | harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.; "the two parties were in agreement" | 
| n. (communication) | 4. concord, concordance, harmony | agreement of opinions. | 
|  | ~ agreement | the verbal act of agreeing. | 
| n. (attribute) | 5. harmony | an agreeable sound property. | 
|  | ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. | 
|  | ~ harmoniousness, consonance | the property of sounding harmonious. | 
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