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Definition of esteem in English: esteemnoun ɪˈstiːmɛˈstiːməˈstim mass nounRespect and admiration. he was held in high esteem by colleagues Example sentencesExamples - Words cannot easily express my esteem for him.
- Politicians, even good ones, are lower in public esteem than any profession other than journalists.
- It would be hard to argue with her that female-dominated professions - with the possible exception of opera divas - suffer from low public esteem and poor pay.
- He has occasionally been known to give a single bottle to some well-known personage as a fitting mark of his esteem or gratitude for some important service.
- He is an honourable person respected and held in esteem by his colleagues.
- Matthew is held in great affection and esteem by public servants across Australia as well as in Canberra for his tireless work on their behalf.
- Every time he rose to, or even approached, the heights of success and public esteem, he was suddenly plunged down into the depths of media excoriation.
- Public shame, in other words, is contrasted with and can only be canceled by public esteem, disgrace by honor.
- At least in the short term, he says, Washington reporters enjoyed a surge in public esteem as they covered the crisis.
- Consultants are next only to God in public esteem; their word is holy writ.
- But the alternative is to watch the political class sink further in public esteem.
- It is not surprising that public contempt for parliament increases and that broadcasting House of Commons' debates has resulted in MPs falling even lower in public esteem.
- He occupied a position in public esteem in the nineteenth century at least comparable to that of Einstein in the twentieth century.
- If the Government wants to know why it is so far behind in the public's esteem, I can tell its members that it is because people are sick of that approach.
- Now, judging by comments I've been hearing for months, its lending department has never stood lower in public esteem.
- It highlights a problem linked to pay and conditions, hours worked and the general lack of esteem in which the public sector is now held.
- At a time when Westminster has never been lower in public esteem, parliament needs an honest broker who commands respect from all sides.
- The large attendances at his funeral reflected the high esteem in which he was held.
- He had a great personality and was held in high esteem by the public as he daily made sure the roads and footpaths were clean and tidy.
- With two sons now to his credit, the king himself stood perhaps higher in public esteem than a decade earlier.
Synonyms respect, admiration, (high) regard, (high/good) opinion, estimation, acclaim, approbation, approval, appreciation, favour, popularity, recognition, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, honour, praise, adulation, extolment, homage rare laudation
verb ɪˈstiːmɛˈstiːməˈstim [with object]1Respect and admire. many of these qualities are esteemed by managers Example sentencesExamples - It might have been esteemed by those who knew it, but such regard does not signify popularity.
- Smith was so esteemed by his neighbors that he was elected to Congress in 1852 as an independent.
- Chrissie is a very popular and esteemed member of the local community and her many friends look forward to seeing her back home in the near future.
- Leo was in his mid-50s and was a popular and esteemed member of the community.
- Now, one esteemed social critic, Jon Stewart, had something to say on the subject.
- He rejected privilege and chose to bear the hardships of his men, and was in turn esteemed by them.
- At that point, some might even label these esteemed legal scholars lunatics.
- Besides, he is a highly esteemed reporter who has won many prizes for his books, articles and television documentaries.
- I have heard esteemed constitutional law scholars make this argument as well.
- Gemstones are minerals esteemed for their qualities of beauty, durability, and rarity.
- As part of its reverence for objectivity, journalism esteems balance.
- News of her passing was met with genuine sorrow in her home district, where she was an esteemed and highly regarded member of the community.
- And what does it say about a country that esteems its entertainers more than its warriors?
- He elaborates: ‘We are farther than ever from inhabiting a culture that esteems genuine leisure.’
- Some immigrants, like Henry Kissinger, are among the most productive and esteemed members of American society.
- In the introduction, Fergusson begins with a striking anecdote that reveals how highly Brown was esteemed by his fellow poets.
- The black smoked apricots of Hupei were famous, and apricots in general were greatly esteemed as a food, being considered good for the heart.
- He ranks with the great Persian poets, highly esteemed in Iran, a country with a rich and vital cultural history.
- John was a highly regarded and esteemed member of the local community and his passing evoked much sadness and sorrow in the district.
- Apart from a brief spell as an official with Chelsea after the last war he has remained with the Highbury club ever since and is one of its most esteemed officials.
Synonyms respect, admire, value, regard, hold in (high) regard, think (highly) of, acclaim, approve of, appreciate, like, prize, treasure, favour, recognize, venerate, hold in awe, look up to, revere, reverence, honour, praise, adulate, extol, pay homage to 2formal Consider; deem. with two objects I should esteem it a favour if you could speak to them Example sentencesExamples - Most of the greatest minds in history belonged to those who were esteemed to be mentally unstable.
- We esteem it a privilege to have had her with us here.
- I would esteem it a favour if you would accept these two photos.
Synonyms consider, regard as, deem, hold to be, think, think of as, reckon, count, account, believe, judge, adjudge, rate, class as, gauge, look on as, view as, see as, interpret as
Origin Middle English (as a noun in the sense 'worth, reputation'): from Old French estime (noun), estimer (verb), from Latin aestimare 'to estimate'. The verb was originally in the Latin sense, also 'appraise' (compare with estimate), used figuratively to mean 'assess the merit of'. Current senses date from the 16th century. Rhymes abeam, agleam, beam, blaspheme, bream, deem, deme, downstream, dream, extreme, gleam, hakim, kilim, meme, midstream, Nîmes, régime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream Definition of esteem in US English: esteemnounəˈstēməˈstim Respect and admiration, typically for a person. he was held in high esteem by colleagues Example sentencesExamples - With two sons now to his credit, the king himself stood perhaps higher in public esteem than a decade earlier.
- Politicians, even good ones, are lower in public esteem than any profession other than journalists.
- Consultants are next only to God in public esteem; their word is holy writ.
- It is not surprising that public contempt for parliament increases and that broadcasting House of Commons' debates has resulted in MPs falling even lower in public esteem.
- Matthew is held in great affection and esteem by public servants across Australia as well as in Canberra for his tireless work on their behalf.
- But the alternative is to watch the political class sink further in public esteem.
- Public shame, in other words, is contrasted with and can only be canceled by public esteem, disgrace by honor.
- At least in the short term, he says, Washington reporters enjoyed a surge in public esteem as they covered the crisis.
- He had a great personality and was held in high esteem by the public as he daily made sure the roads and footpaths were clean and tidy.
- He is an honourable person respected and held in esteem by his colleagues.
- It would be hard to argue with her that female-dominated professions - with the possible exception of opera divas - suffer from low public esteem and poor pay.
- He occupied a position in public esteem in the nineteenth century at least comparable to that of Einstein in the twentieth century.
- Now, judging by comments I've been hearing for months, its lending department has never stood lower in public esteem.
- The large attendances at his funeral reflected the high esteem in which he was held.
- If the Government wants to know why it is so far behind in the public's esteem, I can tell its members that it is because people are sick of that approach.
- He has occasionally been known to give a single bottle to some well-known personage as a fitting mark of his esteem or gratitude for some important service.
- It highlights a problem linked to pay and conditions, hours worked and the general lack of esteem in which the public sector is now held.
- Every time he rose to, or even approached, the heights of success and public esteem, he was suddenly plunged down into the depths of media excoriation.
- At a time when Westminster has never been lower in public esteem, parliament needs an honest broker who commands respect from all sides.
- Words cannot easily express my esteem for him.
Synonyms respect, admiration, regard, high regard, opinion, good opinion, high opinion, estimation, acclaim, approbation, approval, appreciation, favour, popularity, recognition, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, honour, praise, adulation, extolment, homage
verbəˈstēməˈstim [with object]usually be esteemed1Respect and admire. many of these qualities are esteemed by managers Example sentencesExamples - Apart from a brief spell as an official with Chelsea after the last war he has remained with the Highbury club ever since and is one of its most esteemed officials.
- And what does it say about a country that esteems its entertainers more than its warriors?
- In the introduction, Fergusson begins with a striking anecdote that reveals how highly Brown was esteemed by his fellow poets.
- Leo was in his mid-50s and was a popular and esteemed member of the community.
- The black smoked apricots of Hupei were famous, and apricots in general were greatly esteemed as a food, being considered good for the heart.
- As part of its reverence for objectivity, journalism esteems balance.
- John was a highly regarded and esteemed member of the local community and his passing evoked much sadness and sorrow in the district.
- He rejected privilege and chose to bear the hardships of his men, and was in turn esteemed by them.
- He ranks with the great Persian poets, highly esteemed in Iran, a country with a rich and vital cultural history.
- I have heard esteemed constitutional law scholars make this argument as well.
- At that point, some might even label these esteemed legal scholars lunatics.
- Some immigrants, like Henry Kissinger, are among the most productive and esteemed members of American society.
- Besides, he is a highly esteemed reporter who has won many prizes for his books, articles and television documentaries.
- Chrissie is a very popular and esteemed member of the local community and her many friends look forward to seeing her back home in the near future.
- News of her passing was met with genuine sorrow in her home district, where she was an esteemed and highly regarded member of the community.
- It might have been esteemed by those who knew it, but such regard does not signify popularity.
- Now, one esteemed social critic, Jon Stewart, had something to say on the subject.
- He elaborates: ‘We are farther than ever from inhabiting a culture that esteems genuine leisure.’
- Smith was so esteemed by his neighbors that he was elected to Congress in 1852 as an independent.
- Gemstones are minerals esteemed for their qualities of beauty, durability, and rarity.
Synonyms respect, admire, value, regard, hold in regard, hold in high regard, think of, think highly of, acclaim, approve of, appreciate, like, prize, treasure, favour, recognize, venerate, hold in awe, look up to, revere, reverence, honour, praise, adulate, extol, pay homage to - 1.1formal Consider; deem.
with two objects I should esteem it a favor if you could speak to them Example sentencesExamples - I would esteem it a favour if you would accept these two photos.
- Most of the greatest minds in history belonged to those who were esteemed to be mentally unstable.
- We esteem it a privilege to have had her with us here.
Synonyms consider, regard as, deem, hold to be, think, think of as, reckon, count, account, believe, judge, adjudge, rate, class as, gauge, look on as, view as, see as, interpret as
Origin Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘worth, reputation’): from Old French estime (noun), estimer (verb), from Latin aestimare ‘to estimate’. The verb was originally in the Latin sense, also ‘appraise’ (compare with estimate), used figuratively to mean ‘assess the merit of’. Current senses date from the 16th century. |