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admire English

Meaning admire meaning

What does admire mean?
Definitions in simple English

admire Verb

— If you admire something, you like it very much. He admired the painting on the wall.

admire

— verb feel admiration for — verb look at with admiration

Synonyms admire synonyms

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admire English » English

praise respect esteem adore eulogize laud extol venerate appreciate honor applaud value look up to like worship love commend approve long for envy compliment speak well sigh revere marvel look at honour celebrate yearn wonder at wonder trust think much of think highly of stare at remember rely on prize memorize memorise memorialize memorialise fear congratulate commemorate be fond of yearning yearn after value highly think

Topics admire topics

What do people use admire to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love
Person Sense, perceive See

Look
Social behavior Behavior

Admire someone

Conjugation admire conjugation

How do you conjugate admire?

admire · verb

Examples admire examples

How do I use admire in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I admire his talent.
There are many who admire her.
I used to admire Tom.
I admire native speakers of English who are learning Czech.
I admire you for your courage.
I admire your courage.
There was no one that did not admire the boy.
Visitors to Switzerland admire the Alps.
Americans admire Lincoln for his honesty.
I admire you.
I admire him for his courage.
I admire his courage.
We could not but admire his courage.
I admire your brave deed.
I admire your ignorance.
We admire her for her bravery.
I admire her truly.
I admire him, in spite of his faults.

Movie subtitles

I surmise the puller of teeth is intended to admire it.
I turned to admire that lovely dog you have over there, who's no longer here, by the way.
But you don't admire me.
Well, I. I don't admire myself so much.
I admire men who don't love women.
I mean, it's not against the rules that I can't admire them.
I'm not a talker, but I admire him so discreetly he'll have to take notice someday.
Personally, I admire the uniform.
Criminals on all sides for my boys to look up to and revere and respect and admire and imitate.
To admire you.
You've got two great qualities I used to admire in Father.
Well, I always say you got to admire a man who'd get himself hanged for a friend.
Sir Humphrey, which is Lake you admire the most?
What is Lake I admire the most?
I saw you admire this ring and I thought perhaps you would like to have it.
You understand I admire your country.
We admire greatly the powers of your country.
Well, I can't sing, row the boat and admire you all at the same time.
I can only admire your judgement, Your Majesty.
One must admire Vi Ormsby's skill. She's managed the whole affair.
And I admire you for it. I believe you're honest.
But I admire her, adore her.
I admire you for that, sir.
I must admire your seamanship and courage, but.
Now, what particular quality do you most admire in a woman?
I'm not consenting to your wedding. but I always admire any young man that can make money.
I admire what you've done.
I also admire it.
I admire your power of deduction all the time.
I admire you, you've got guts.
PHOEBE, WE COULD NOT BUT ADMIRE YOU.
Don't encourage them to.. To admire you.
Last summer we made a tour of the lakes. Which lake do you admire the most, Sir Humphrey?
You're the type of woman I admire.
How so? Henry, I'm not gonna waste a lot of time telling you how much I admire you, because I don't.
Now the question is, how to get the suckers out to this wilderness so they can admire your landscaping, Duke.
Miss Novak, although I'm the victim of your remark I can't help but admire the exquisite way you have of expressing yourself.

News and current affairs

Are we really supposed to admire and love modern monarchies, such as the British House of Windsor, even more so today, just because some new princess has been plucked from the middle class?
Just as people increasingly admire international celebrities, so they believe that world famous centers of business, technology, and culture - whose names are household words to people everywhere - are uniquely valuable.
So, by all means, let us admire the smooth highways, towering office blocks, and spotless shopping malls of Singapore.
Illiberal thinkers on the far right and left admire strongmen who stand up to America.
For all the finger pointing at Wilders, just because Breivik professed to admire him, the acts of a deranged killer, others caution, should not be used to discredit what he stands for.
I have to admire the third Baltic president - Vaira Vike-Freiberga from Latvia - who decided to go to Moscow, honouring what should be honoured, and speaking aloud about what should not be hidden.
While many Europeans admire America's devotion to freedom, they prefer policies at home that temper the liberal economic principles of individualism with a robust welfare state.
Performance enhancing drugs disguise natural abilities and substitute for the dedication and focus that we admire.
It is time we took a side: the side of the people who want what we want; who see our societies, for all their faults, as something to admire; who know that they should not be faced with a choice between tyranny and theocracy.
At some level, we all pretend to tune into the Olympics to admire human athleticism.
To many people on the right, however, the very things deplored by the European (and Israeli) left became reasons to admire Israel.
We may admire leaders who make efforts to increase their followers' sense of moral duties beyond borders; but it does little good to hold leaders to an impossible standard that would undercut their capacity to remain leaders.
Why not put it in a public institution where scientists can study it and the public can admire it in perpetuity?
Tennis fans may admire a well-executed backhand; but watching players warm up on court would soon become dull if no match followed.
Even though people may admire other things, they act as if they are mostly happy enough with whatever they already have, and lack the will to consider real change.
This matters, because countries, like individuals, tend to emulate others that they resemble and admire.
Whatever the ultimate economic effects of China's first modest step towards floating its currency, one has to admire its strategic brilliance.
Yet those who admire his courage in struggling for freedom of expression ought to see to it that efforts to make blasphemy a crime, or to perpetuate it as a criminal offense, are afforded no legitimacy whatsoever.
I admire that side of Krugman's writing, and, as I wrote in my book The Price of Civilization, I agree with him.
We admire the best, and only the best, according to some cultural and time-dependent standard.
SEOUL - Given the daunting challenges facing Japan, one can only admire Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's determination to end the country's two-decade-long period of economic stagnation.

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