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Admire
admire
(admires, admiring, admired) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much. He admired the way she had coped with life... All those who knew him will admire him for his work. VERB: V n, V n for n/-ing 2. If you admire someone or something, you look at them with pleasure. We took time to stop and admire the view. VERB: V n 3. see also admiring
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1.
verb (~d; admiring) Etymology: Middle French ~r, to marvel at, from Latin admirari, from ad- + mirari to wonder, from mirus astonishing Date: 1560 transitive verb 1. to regard with admiration 2. archaic to marvel at intransitive verb dialect to like very much I would ~ to know why not — A. H. Lewis Synonyms: see regard • ~r noun • admiringly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v.tr. 1 regard with approval, respect, or satisfaction. 2 express one's admiration of. Etymology: F admirer or L admirari (as AD-, mirari wonder at) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. восхищаться, восторгаться; любоваться to admire smb. —- восхищаться кем-л. I admire him for his courage —- я восхищаюсь его мужеством to admire a baby —- любоваться младенцем 2. ирон. удивляться, изумляться I admire your nerve! —- ну и наглец же ты!; можно только удивляться твоему нахальству! 3. ам. диал. желать, хотеть I should admire to have you all go along —- мне бы хотелось, чтобы вы все тоже пошли ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
v. 1) любоваться; восхищаться; выражать восторг 2) amer.; coll. хотеть, желать сделать что-л. I should admire to know - я очень хотел бы знать ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ S3 v 1 to have a very high opinion of someone because of a quality they have or because of something they have done (I really admire the way she brings up those kids all on her own.) admire sb for sth (Lewis was admired for his work on medieval literature.) 2 to look at something and think how beautiful or impressive it is (We stopped half way up the hill to admire the view.) 3 ~ sb from afar to be attracted to someone but without telling them how you feel (Mary was still a good looking woman and Sid had admired her from afar for a long time.) - admiring adj - admiringly adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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