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" Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody."
Matt Bomer

Meaning of "admire" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADMIRE

From Latin admīrāri to wonder at, from ad- to, at + mīrāri to wonder, from mīrus wonderful.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ADMIRE

ədˈmaɪə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADMIRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Admire is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb admire in English.

WHAT DOES ADMIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Admire, Kansas

Admire is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 156. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Definition of admire in the English dictionary

The definition of admire in the dictionary is to regard with esteem, respect, approval, or pleased surprise. Other definition of admire is to wonder at.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ADMIRE

PRESENT

Present
I admire
you admire
he/she/it admires
we admire
you admire
they admire
Present continuous
I am admiring
you are admiring
he/she/it is admiring
we are admiring
you are admiring
they are admiring
Present perfect
I have admired
you have admired
he/she/it has admired
we have admired
you have admired
they have admired
Present perfect continuous
I have been admiring
you have been admiring
he/she/it has been admiring
we have been admiring
you have been admiring
they have been admiring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I admired
you admired
he/she/it admired
we admired
you admired
they admired
Past continuous
I was admiring
you were admiring
he/she/it was admiring
we were admiring
you were admiring
they were admiring
Past perfect
I had admired
you had admired
he/she/it had admired
we had admired
you had admired
they had admired
Past perfect continuous
I had been admiring
you had been admiring
he/she/it had been admiring
we had been admiring
you had been admiring
they had been admiring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will admire
you will admire
he/she/it will admire
we will admire
you will admire
they will admire
Future continuous
I will be admiring
you will be admiring
he/she/it will be admiring
we will be admiring
you will be admiring
they will be admiring
Future perfect
I will have admired
you will have admired
he/she/it will have admired
we will have admired
you will have admired
they will have admired
Future perfect continuous
I will have been admiring
you will have been admiring
he/she/it will have been admiring
we will have been admiring
you will have been admiring
they will have been admiring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would admire
you would admire
he/she/it would admire
we would admire
you would admire
they would admire
Conditional continuous
I would be admiring
you would be admiring
he/she/it would be admiring
we would be admiring
you would be admiring
they would be admiring
Conditional perfect
I would have admire
you would have admire
he/she/it would have admire
we would have admire
you would have admire
they would have admire
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been admiring
you would have been admiring
he/she/it would have been admiring
we would have been admiring
you would have been admiring
they would have been admiring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you admire
we let´s admire
you admire
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to admire
Past participle
admired
Present Participle
admiring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADMIRE

bemire · Biedermeier · coadmire · Jeremiah · Maia · maya · mire · Nehemiah · Niemeyer · pismire · quagmire · stegomyia

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADMIRE

admirableness · admirably · admiral · admiral of the fleet · admiralship · admiralties · admiralty · Admiralty Board · admiralty court · Admiralty House · Admiralty Islands · Admiralty mile · Admiralty Range · admirance · admiration · admirative · admiraunce · admirer · admiring · admiringly

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADMIRE

acquire · Aire · copper wire · desire · dire · empire · entire · fire · Hampshire · hire · inspire · lire · New Hampshire · require · sapphire · tire · to the wire · vampire · wire · Yorkshire

Synonyms and antonyms of admire in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADMIRE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «admire» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «admire» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ADMIRE

Find out the translation of admire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of admire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «admire» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

羡慕
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

admirar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

admire
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

प्रशंसा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُعْجَبُ بِـ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

восхищаться
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

admirar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

তারিফ করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

admirer
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mengagumi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

bewundern
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

感心する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

칭찬하다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ngujo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngưỡng mộ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ரசிக்கிறது
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रशंसा करा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

beğenmek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ammirare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

podziwiać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

захоплюватись
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

a admira
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θαυμάζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bewonder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beundra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beundre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of admire

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADMIRE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of admire
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about admire

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «ADMIRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word admire.
1
Mose Allison
I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.
2
Kojo Annan
I admire my father greatly.
3
Francesca Annis
Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
4
Sarah Baker
I admire people who can step out on their own and work alone - that takes a lot of guts. But I'd rather have the camaraderie on and off camera of working as a part of a group.
5
Ireland Baldwin
I've learned to treat celebrities as equals and just kind of meet them and admire their work, but I definitely could not breathe when I met Johnny Depp and James Franco.
6
Matt Bomer
Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.
7
F. H. Bradley
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
8
Brene Brown
Why, when we know that there's no such thing as perfect, do most of us spend an incredible amount of time and energy trying to be everything to everyone? Is it that we really admire perfection? No - the truth is that we are actually drawn to people who are real and down-to-earth. We love authenticity and we know that life is messy and imperfect.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling.
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George Crabbe
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADMIRE»

Discover the use of admire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to admire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nothing to Admire : The Politics of Poetic Satire from ...
This book calls the resulting outlook cultural liberalism in order to distinguish it from the classical liberal insistence on private property as the basis of political liberty, a conviction that arises within the same general period and ...
Christopher Yu, 2003
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Real men: ten courageous Americans to know and admire
" Ten of those men are memorialized in this book: Francis Marion, Eddie Rickenbacker, Vince Lombardi, Rocky Versace, Wild Bill Hickok, Lou Gehrig, Audie Murphy, Andrew Jackson, David Crockett, and Robert E. Lee.
R. Cort Kirkwood, 2006
3
Using Your Values to Raise Your Child to Be an Adult You Admire
Asks parents to define their values and then deal with their children in a way that illustrates those values and includes worksheets and exercises to aid readers in identifying, analyzing, and thoroughly understanding their values.
Harriet Heath, 2000
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Elements of French grammar
TRANSLATE INTO FRENCH To Admire ( Admire ) Do I admire? — Do I not admire? admire. — I do not admire. Thou admirest, etc. ; I have admired I have not admired Have I admired ? t admired I did not admire Did I admire f I had admired I ...
Victor Richon, 1866
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A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
Admire 22 Adore The townsfolk rubbed their eyes, could but admire 171.53 Sord. 6.680 — March, with the moon to admire 260.5 Hugues 22 — Khalil admire thee ? He is my right-hand, .... 280.15 Druses 4.247 I do admire you. All is for the ...
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What Would Your Father Say?: My Journey to Hope and Light
A sample list of what I love and admire about myself: I love and admire myself for knowing that Spirit is closer to me • than I am to myself. I love and admire myself for learning the Emotional Freedom • Technique (EFT) and using it when I am ...
Janice Mcdermott, 2011
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Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States: A-L
Admire shale. (In Wabaunsee group.) Pennsylvanian : Eastern Kansas, southeastern Nebraska, and southwestern Iowa (?). G. I. Adams, 1903 ( U. S. G. S. Bull. 211. p. 511). Admire shale*.— Fosslllferous shales, 40 ft. thick, overlying Emporia ...
‎1938
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My Lifebook Journal: A Workbook for Children in Foster Care
The. Person. I. Admire. the. Most. Assignment Complete the information below about the person whom you admire the most and create a trophy for that person. Definition: Admire To admire is to regard a person or thing with wonder and ...
Therese Accinelli, 2008
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Life Values and Adolescent Mental Health
School and Peer Effects Admire Data and School Climate. The school factors related fairly substantially to the Admire factors, net of age and gender, with multivariate R2y.x between the sets = .300. School Conflict related uniquely to all five ...
Patricia Cohen, Jacob Cohen, 2013
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I Admire Me
Mama's real life story forces her daughter, Peony, to have a strong mindset of self, life and love. This book is for every girl, teen and woman in need of a "for real" approach to making life uncomplicated.
Coley, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADMIRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term admire is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shaldon Primary School pupils admire the exotic blooms at Plant …
Nature and technology went hand in hand when youngsters from Shaldon Primary School visited Plant World. One of Devon's floral delights the ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»
2
Kawartha Credit Union clients admire gardens for more than one …
We have been loyal clients of the Kawartha Credit Union on Monaghan Street for years. Every year, we notice all the effort that goes into ... «Kawartha Media Group, Jul 15»
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Petr Cech: You have to admire Arsene Wenger's consistency
“You have to admire his consistency, the calibre of his work [and] what he has done since he came to Arsenal,” Cech said. “He is valued at ... «Squawka Football News, Jul 15»
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Simon Garner column: I admire job Blackburn Rovers boss Gary …
So you've got to admire Gary for what he's doing off the field, as well as on it, and along with all the deadwood he's got rid of, it'd be interesting ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Mirtle: Leafs viewed dumping Kessel as essential to their rebuild
It's not hard to see why Shanahan didn't admire what he saw in Kessel. As players, they couldn't be more different. In fact, most of the league ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
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The Eyes That Admire Themselves
The Eyes That Admire Themselves. By Suboptimal on Jul 1, 2015, 3:45p 23. What a lovely mirror. It looks just like me! - Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports. «Halo's Heaven, Jul 15»
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Local Youth Soccer Players Admire US Women's National Team
WICHITA, Kan.- What do you want to be when you grow up? When kids are asked that loaded question, the answers can greatly vary. For the ... «KAKE, Jul 15»
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Marry Someone You Admire, Not Just Someone You Love
My mother always told me you should admire something about the person you marry. They don't have to be the best looking, the strongest, the ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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Ava DuVernay tweets support for Bree Newsome, 'a black superhero …
“I hope I get the call to direct the motion picture about a black superhero I admire. Her name is @BreeNewsome,” DuVernay wrote. «Entertainment Weekly, Jun 15»
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All pitchers, players should admire Scherzer's run
The Nationals' Max Scherzer pitches during the first inning of their 5-2 win against the Phillies in Philadelphia on Friday. Posted: Saturday ... «Roanoke Times, Jun 15»
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