Istilah yang sering digunakan untuk memuji ataupun berterima kasih atas pemberian atau usaha orang lain. Sehingga, kata ini bisa dijadikan salah satu alternatif dari jawaban thank you. Selain untuk memberikan ucapan terima kasih, kata appreciate juga memiliki berbagai makna lainnya, kamu harus tahu!
Arti appreciate dan contoh penggunaannya, penasaran? yuk simak!
Arti Appreciate
Menurut laman www.merriam-webster.com, appreciate berarti to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of, to value or admire highly, to judge with heightened perception or understanding, to recognize with gratitude.
Kata appreciate adalah bentuk kata kerja/verb, fungsinya untuk mengungkapkan ekspresi dalam berterima kasih atau bersyukur terhadap sesuatu.
Contoh: jika kamu diberikan saran oleh rekan kerja, kamu bisa mengatakan I appreciate all of your input. Tanpa kalimat thank you, penggunaan appreciate sudah menunjukkan rasa terima kasih, namun maknanya lebih medalam ya. Jadi, kamu lebih tertarik menggunakan kata appreciate atau thank you? Semuanya bisa asalkan kamu bisa menyesuaikan dengan konteksnya.
Contoh Penggunaan Kalimat Appreciate
- “I appreciate your help to take care of my dogs while I travelling last week”.
- “Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?”
- “The yen appreciated again!”
- “The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark”
- “We will gather in the hall together because our boss will appreciate us as professional employees”
- “I appreciate your problems”.
- “I never knew the meaning of freedom and I appreciate now”.
- I appreciate everything you do.
- You’ve taken a great deal off my shoulders, and I appreciate it.
- Thanks, I really appreciate you listening to my tale.
- I don’t appreciate your pretentious attitude!
- You’d just have to know Jeff Byrne to appreciate it.
- Sean would probably appreciate it if you came.
- I don’t know what to think about everyone you killed, but I do appreciate you protecting me.
- Martha, hon, wherever you are, I hope you appreciate this.
- I appreciate all the help you’ve given mom.
- We appreciate all feedback from our customers.
Contoh Kalimat Appreciate
“Given that scarcity and the anticipated growth of high-end wine consumption in the United States, they believe the value of quality vineyards will appreciate significantly.“— Daniel Sogg, Wine Spectator, 15 June 2008.
“As a married, working woman in her mid-30s who’s planning on eventually having children, I truly appreciated reading “Mommy Madness.” Over the years, I have observed peers with their children, and have inquired about what parenthood is really like.“— Amy Booth, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2005.
Dengan demikian, kita bisa menarik kesimpulan bahwa appreciate merupakan sebuah kata penuh makna untuk mengungkapkan rasa syukur atau terima kasih.
Nah, ternyata selain thank you, kamu bisa menggunakan kata appreciate yang jauh lebih bermakna mendalam. Kira-kira kamu siap mencoba? Untuk mendapat pengalaman belajar bahasa Inggris yang lebih terarah, yuk ikut program Lister agar kamu bisa bertemu tutor bahasa Inggris yang sudah berpengalaman!
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