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appraise

/əpˈɹeɪz/uh-PRAYZ
/əpˈɹeɪz/uh-PRAYZ

Meaningprice

Common meaning: assess the value of something

Journey through time

  1. Latinpretium‘price’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsprice → to valuepreisier‘to value’source
  3. Middle Englishapreisen‘value’source
  4. Englishappraise‘assess the value of something’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pretium ‘price’.

Roots

Related words

appreciatedepreciatepraisepreciousprice

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