Esteem meaning

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Esteem is defined as the perceived worth that someone or something is afforded.

An example of esteem is the worth of a president who everyone likes.

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To regard as; consider.

Esteemed it an honor to help them.

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Favorable regard; respect.
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Judgment; opinion.
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To have great regard for; value highly; respect.
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To hold to be; consider; regard.

We esteem it an honor to be invited.

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Favorable opinion; high regard; respect.

To be held in high esteem.

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An opinion; estimation.
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To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
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To regard something as valuable; to prize.
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To look upon something in a particular way.

Mary is an esteemed member of the community.

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To esteem is defined as to respect, have regard for or admire something.

An example of esteem is to think very highly of a smart person.

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To regard with respect; prize.
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Origin of esteem

First at end of 16th century; from Middle French estimer, from Latin aestimare (“to value, rate, weigh, estimate”); see estimate, and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.

Sentence Examples

  • Well, I don't esteem you the less for it.

  • Here he was held in high esteem, and in 1715 became Primarius of his faculty and member of the Consistory.

  • He afterwards won the esteem of Conrad to such an extent that in 918 the king advised the nobles to make the Saxon duke his successor.

  • Tsar Nicholas's reply to this letter shows in what esteem Count Benckendorff was held by his sovereign: - "Benckendorff went by my permission as my mother invited him to come as a friend of the Danish family.

  • The Hebrew text used by the translators appears to have been practically identical with the Massoretic. The version was held in high esteem in Babylon, and, later, in Palestine, and a special Massora was made for it.

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