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    APPRIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they apprize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it apprizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: apprized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: apprized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: apprizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Increase the value ofplay

    Example:

    The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark

    Synonyms:

    appreciate; apprise; apprize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "apprize" 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 valueplay

    Example:

    The yen appreciated again!

    Synonyms:

    appreciate; apprise; apprize; revalue

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "apprize" 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 ofplay

    Example:

    Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?

    Synonyms:

    apprise; apprize; instruct

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "apprize" 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 "apprize"):

    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 somethingplay

    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 "apprize" 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

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