Esteem

/ɪˈstiːm/ · noun

Meaning

Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard..

Definitions by Sense

1. Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
2. To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
3. To regard something as valuable; to prize.
4. To look upon something in a particular way.
5. (dated) To judge; to estimate; to appraise

Example Sentences

We hold her in high esteem.

Will he esteem thy riches?

You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.

Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.

Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.

And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well-conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther.

The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.

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Word Forms

• esteems
• æsteem
• esteeme
• esteeming
• esteemed

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