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admire
[
ad-
mahy
uh
r
]
Example Sentences
Origin
ad·mire
/
ædˈmaɪ
ə
r
/
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[
ad-
mahy
uh
r
]
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verb,
-mired,
-mir·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
2.
to regard with wonder or surprise (usually used ironically or sarcastically):
I admire your audacity.
verb (used without object)
3.
to feel or express
admiration
.
4.
Dialect
.
to take pleasure; like or desire:
I would admire to go.
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Idiom
5.
be admiring of,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
to admire:
He's admiring of his brother's farm.
Origin:
1580–90;
<
Latin
admīrārī,
equivalent to
ad-
ad-
+
mīrārī
(in
Medieval Latin
mīrāre
) to wonder at, admire
Related forms
ad·mir·er,
noun
pre·ad·mire,
verb (used with object),
-mired,
-mir·ing.
pre·ad·mir·er,
noun
qua·si-ad·mire,
verb,
-mired,
-mir·ing.
un·ad·mired,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
esteem, revere, venerate.
Antonyms
1.
despise.
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Example Sentences
This ability made many scholars of bygone days
admire
Latin's majesty—and
admire
themselves for mastering it.
The visitor can
admire
at leisure the power of these men spared by the corruption of modernism.
As they
admire
a pod of whales in the distance, a stray baby whale grows curious.
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Verb
This ability made many scholars of bygone days
admire
Latin's majesty—and
admire
themselves for mastering it.
The visitor can
admire
at leisure the power of these men spared by the corruption of modernism.
As they
admire
a pod of whales in the distance, a stray baby whale grows curious.
We pause to
admire
the still life with scones and coffee cake oozing marionberries and glistening with white icing.
We always love those who
admire
us, and we do not always love those whom we
admire
.
Seems you either love steampunk, or hate it - but you can't help but
admire
this.
Contact people whose work you
admire
.
Before writing his report, the detective pauses to
admire
the Minneapolis skyline.
Even in these tales, however, there is much to
admire
and fascinate.
It's a truly horrible story, but despite that, we
admire
the man's stunning ingenuity.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
admire
(ədˈmaɪə)
—
vb
1.
to regard with esteem, respect, approval, or pleased surprise
2.
archaic
to wonder at
[C16: from Latin
admīrāri
to wonder at, from
ad-
to, at +
mīrāri
to wonder, from
mīrus
wonderful]
ad'mirer
—
n
ad'miring
—
adj
ad'miringly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
admire
late 16c., from Fr. admirer (O.Fr. amirer, 14c.), from L. admirari (see
admiration
). Noun admirer is recorded from c.1600; "In common speech, a lover" [Johnson], a sense recorded from c.1705.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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