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admire

[ ad-mahyuhr ]

verb (used with object)

admired, admiring.
  1. to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. to regard with wonder or surprise (usually used ironically or sarcastically):

    I admire your audacity.



verb (used without object)

admired, admiring.
  1. to feel or express admiration.
  2. Dialect. to take pleasure; like or desire:

    I would admire to go.

admire

/ É™»åˈ³¾²¹ÉªÉ™ /

verb

  1. to regard with esteem, respect, approval, or pleased surprise
  2. archaic.
    to wonder at
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹»åˈ³¾¾±°ù¾±²Ô²µ, adjective
  • ²¹»åˈ³¾¾±°ù¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
  • ²¹»åˈ³¾¾±°ù±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹»å·³¾¾±°ù·±ð°ù noun
  • ±è°ù±ð·²¹»å·³¾¾±°ù±ð verb (used with object) preadmired preadmiring
  • ±ç³Ü²¹Â·²õ¾±-²¹»å·³¾¾±°ù±ð verb quasiadmired quasiadmiring
  • ³Ü²Ô·²¹»å·³¾¾±°ù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of admire1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin ²¹»å³¾Ä«°ùÄå°ùÄ«, equivalent to ad- ad- + ³¾Ä«°ùÄå°ùÄ« (in Medieval Latin ³¾Ä«°ùÄå°ù±ð ) “to wonder at, admireâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of admire1

C16: from Latin ²¹»å³¾Ä«°ùÄå°ù¾± to wonder at, from ad- to, at + ³¾Ä«°ùÄå°ù¾± to wonder, from ³¾Ä«°ù³Ü²õ wonderful
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:

    He's admiring of his brother's farm.

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Example Sentences

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This was, of course, all in the administration of William McKinley, whom Trump refers to and admires; he wants the mountain in Alaska to be renamed “Mount McKinley.â€

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Before that, South Korea was not somewhere you might expect a military takeover - a peaceful and proud democracy, admired across the globe for its K-dramas and technological innovation.

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“I can’t tell you how much I admire his work, how grateful and honored I was when he joined ‘Top Gun’ and came back later for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’†Cruise said, per Variety.

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But being with my family — with people that I love and adore and admire — it’s recharging to me.

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You can be a difficult person — even close to radioactive at times — and still admire the beauty of the world and be a proponent of all of the gifts it can supply you.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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