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Depreciate

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Table of contents

1 Etymology

2 Verb

3 Antonym

4 Usage notes

Etymology

Latin depretiare, depreciare, "to depreciate", from de- "de-" + pretium "price".

Verb

depreciate (past and past participle: depreciated)

Reduce in value over time
To belittle

Antonym

appreciate (1)

Usage notes

Often confused with deprecate in written and spoken English. Depreciate broadly means to lessen the value of, while deprecate means to disapprove of; the meaning of deprecate has lately been encroaching on depreciate in the sense "to belittle".

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WordNet Definitions

The verb "depreciate" has three senses:

depreciate

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