Meaning & use
admire
To regard someone or something with respect, approval, or warm appreciation.
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Students admired their teacher's patience even during the most stressful exams.
Tourists paused to admire the sunset over the harbor before heading to dinner.
A note on using this word
Admire can describe respect for a person's qualities or simple appreciation of beauty, and takes its object directly, without a preposition.
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