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es·teem

 (ĭ-stēm′)
tr.v. es·teemed, es·teem·ing, es·teems
1. To regard with respect; prize. See Synonyms at appreciate.
2. To regard as; consider: esteemed it an honor to help them.
n.
1. Favorable regard; respect. See Synonyms at regard.
2. Archaic Judgment; opinion.

[Middle English estemen, to appraise, from Old French estimer, from Latin aestimāre.]
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esteem

(ɪˈstiːm)
vb (tr)
1. to have great respect or high regard for: to esteem a colleague.
2. formal to judge or consider; deem: to esteem an idea improper.
n
3. high regard or respect; good opinion
4. archaic judgment; opinion
[C15: from Old French estimer, from Latin aestimāre estimate]
esˈteemed adj
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es•teem

(ɪˈstim)

v.t.
1. to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
2. to consider as of a certain value or a certain type; regard: I would esteem it a great favor.
3. Obs. to appraise.
n.
4. favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard: to hold a person in esteem.
5. Archaic. opinion or judgment; estimation; valuation.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French estimer < Latin aestimāre; see estimate]
syn: See appreciate.
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esteem


Past participle: esteemed
Gerund: esteeming

Imperative
esteem
esteem
Present
I esteem
you esteem
he/she/it esteems
we esteem
you esteem
they esteem
Preterite
I esteemed
you esteemed
he/she/it esteemed
we esteemed
you esteemed
they esteemed
Present Continuous
I am esteeming
you are esteeming
he/she/it is esteeming
we are esteeming
you are esteeming
they are esteeming
Present Perfect
I have esteemed
you have esteemed
he/she/it has esteemed
we have esteemed
you have esteemed
they have esteemed
Past Continuous
I was esteeming
you were esteeming
he/she/it was esteeming
we were esteeming
you were esteeming
they were esteeming
Past Perfect
I had esteemed
you had esteemed
he/she/it had esteemed
we had esteemed
you had esteemed
they had esteemed
Future
I will esteem
you will esteem
he/she/it will esteem
we will esteem
you will esteem
they will esteem
Future Perfect
I will have esteemed
you will have esteemed
he/she/it will have esteemed
we will have esteemed
you will have esteemed
they will have esteemed
Future Continuous
I will be esteeming
you will be esteeming
he/she/it will be esteeming
we will be esteeming
you will be esteeming
they will be esteeming
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been esteeming
you have been esteeming
he/she/it has been esteeming
we have been esteeming
you have been esteeming
they have been esteeming
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been esteeming
you will have been esteeming
he/she/it will have been esteeming
we will have been esteeming
you will have been esteeming
they will have been esteeming
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been esteeming
you had been esteeming
he/she/it had been esteeming
we had been esteeming
you had been esteeming
they had been esteeming
Conditional
I would esteem
you would esteem
he/she/it would esteem
we would esteem
you would esteem
they would esteem
Past Conditional
I would have esteemed
you would have esteemed
he/she/it would have esteemed
we would have esteemed
you would have esteemed
they would have esteemed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.esteem - the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)esteem - the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard"
honour, laurels, honor - the state of being honored
stature - high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement; "a man of great stature"
disesteem - the state in which esteem has been lost
2.esteem - a feeling of delighted approval and likingesteem - a feeling of delighted approval and liking
liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
Anglophilia - admiration for Britain and British customs
hero worship - admiration for great men (or their memory)
philhellenism - admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs
philogyny - admiration for women
3.esteem - an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"
attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"
estimation, estimate - the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability"
Verb1.esteem - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
think the world of - esteem very highly; "She thinks the world of her adviser"
reverence, venerate, revere, fear - regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
admire, look up to - feel admiration for
disesteem, disrespect - have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
2.esteem - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
think, believe, conceive, consider - judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
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esteem

noun
1. respect, regard, honour, consideration, admiration, reverence, estimation, veneration He is held in high esteem by his colleagues.
verb
1. respect, admire, think highly of, like, love, value, prize, honour, treasure, cherish, revere, reverence, be fond of, venerate, regard highly, take off your hat to a scholar whom he highly esteemed
2. (Formal) consider, think of, hold, believe in, rate, view, judge, regard, estimate, reckon, calculate, deem Nowadays we esteem these paintings as works of art.
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esteem

verb
1. To have a high opinion of:
Idioms: look up to, think highly of.
2. To recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of:
Idiom: set store by.
3. To look upon in a particular way:
noun
A feeling of deference, approval, and liking:
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Translations
إحْتِرام، تَقْديريَحْتَرِم، يُقَدِّر
agtelseestimererespektrespektereværdsætte
achtenAchtungästimieren
virîavirîing
gerbtipagarba
cieņacienīt
hürmet etmekitibarsaygınlıksaymak

esteem

[ɪsˈtiːm]
A. VT (frm)
1. [+ person] → estimar, apreciar
my esteemed colleaguemi estimado colega
2. (= consider) → considerar, estimar
I would esteem it an honourlo consideraría un honor
B. Nestima f, aprecio m
to hold sb in high esteemtener a algn en gran estima
he lowered himself in my esteembajó en mi estima
he went up in my esteemganó valor a mis ojos
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esteem

[ɪˈstiːm]
nestime f
to hold sb in high esteem → tenir qn en haute estime
to be held in high esteem → être tenu(e) en haute estime
vt (= admire) [+ person] → estimer
[+ thing] → apprécier
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esteem

vt
(= consider)ansehen, betrachten
(= think highly of) personhoch schätzen; qualitiesschätzen; my esteemed colleague (form)mein verehrter Herr Kollege (form), → meine verehrte Frau Kollegin (form)
nWertschätzung f; to hold somebody/something in (high) esteemjdn/etw (hoch) schätzen, von jdm/etw eine hohe Meinung haben; to be held in low/great esteemwenig/sehr geschätzt werden; he went down in my esteemer ist in meiner Achtung gesunken
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esteem

[ɪsˈtiːm] (frm)
1. nstima
I hold him in high esteem → gode della mia più alta stima
2. vt (think highly of) → stimare; (consider) → considerare
I would esteem it an honour → sarebbe un onore per me
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esteem

(iˈstiːm) verb
to value or respect.
noun
favourable opinion; respect. His foolish behaviour lowered him in my esteem; He was held in great esteem by his colleagues.
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References in classic literature ?
That they despise is caused by their esteem. What is it that created esteeming and despising and worth and will?
What can you now have heard to stagger your esteem for me?
Whatever state, then, like the Carthaginians, favours the rich, the virtuous, and the citizens at large, is a sort of aristocracy: when only the two latter are held in esteem, as at Lacedaemon, and the state is jointly composed of these, it is a virtuous democracy.
"Prince, I wish to place myself in a respectable position--I wish to esteem myself--and to--"
Ring was now in far greater esteem with the King than before, and Red was all the more discontented.
MERCURY ONCE DETERMINED to learn in what esteem he was held among mortals.
Further, he ought to entertain the people with festivals and spectacles at convenient seasons of the year; and as every city is divided into guilds or into societies,[*] he ought to hold such bodies in esteem, and associate with them sometimes, and show himself an example of courtesy and liberality; nevertheless, always maintaining the majesty of his rank, for this he must never consent to abate in anything.
that a prince possessed of every quality which procures veneration, love, and esteem; of strong parts, great wisdom, and profound learning, endowed with admirable talents, and almost adored by his subjects, should, from a nice, unnecessary scruple, whereof in Europe we can have no conception, let slip an opportunity put into his hands that would have made him absolute master of the lives, the liberties, and the fortunes of his people!
I still continued, however, to hold in esteem the studies of the schools.
Concino Concini, and his wife Galligai, who subsequently shone at the French court, sought to Italianize the fashion, and introduced some Florentine tailors; but Percerin, touched to the quick in his patriotism and his self-esteem, entirely defeated these foreigners, and that so well that Concino was the first to give up his compatriots, and held the French tailor in such esteem that he would never employ any other, and thus wore a doublet of his on the very day that Vitry blew out his brains with a pistol at the Pont du Louvre.
He greeted his host and his cousin both coldly, and me with a glance intended to express the deepest sympathy mingled with high admiration and esteem.
Much might be ruminated here, concerning the essential dignity of this regal process, because in common life we esteem but meanly and contemptibly a fellow who anoints his hair, and palpably smells of that anointing.