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APPRISE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increase the value of

Example:

The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark

Synonyms:

appreciate; apprise; apprize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "apprise" is one way to...):

revalue (value anew)

Verb group:

appreciate; apprise; apprize; revalue (gain in value)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Gain in value

Example:

The yen appreciated again!

Synonyms:

appreciate; apprise; apprize; revalue

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "apprise" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Verb group:

appreciate; apprise; apprize (increase the value of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make aware of

Example:

Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?

Synonyms:

apprise; apprize; instruct

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "apprise" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "apprise"):

direct (give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction)

brief (give essential information to someone)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sense 4

Meaning:

Inform (somebody) of something

Example:

I advised him that the rent was due

Synonyms:

advise; apprise; apprize; give notice; notify; send word

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "apprise" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

apprisal (informing by words)

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