Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - admire

(admires, admiring, admired) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much. He admired the way she had coped with life... All those who knew him will admire him for his work. VERB: V n, V n for n/-ing 2. If you admire someone or something, you look at them with pleasure. We took time to stop and admire the view. VERB: V n 3. see also admiring