admire
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪɹ/
- Hyphenation: ad‧mire
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Verb
admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)
- (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 2, member 4:
- The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].
- 1640, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State
- examples rather to be admired than imitated
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- (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
- (transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
- (transitive) To estimate or vale highly; to hold in high esteem.
- to admire a person of high moral worth
- He had always admired the work ethos and family values of his friend.
- to admire a landscape
- 2000, Marshall Mathers (Eminem) (lyrics and music), “The Way I Am”, in The Marshall Mathers LP:
- I'm so sick and tired of bein' admired. That I wish that I would just die or get fired.
- (US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something).
- 1976, Field & Stream, page 10:
- And I'd admire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.
- 2002, Jack Jones, Iron Spur (ISBN 9780595224739), page 37:
- “I hope you do. I'd admire seeing a lot of you.” They made camp down at the creek. Will spread her blanket not too far from his. “Well, aren't you a lady's man.” “Why do you say that?”
- 1976, Field & Stream, page 10:
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Translations
regard with wonder and delight
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Esperanto
French
Verb
admire
Portuguese
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [adˈmire]
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪr/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adˈmiɾe/, [aðˈmiɾe]
Verb
admire
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