What does esteem mean?

Definitions for esteem
ɪˈstimes·teem

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word esteem.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. esteem, regard, respectnoun

    the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

    "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard"

  2. admiration, esteemnoun

    a feeling of delighted approval and liking

  3. respect, esteem, regardverb

    an attitude of admiration or esteem

    "she lost all respect for him"

  4. respect, esteem, value, prize, priseverb

    regard highly; think much of

    "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"

  5. think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to beverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. esteemnoun

    favourable regard

  2. esteemverb

    To regard someone with respect

    Esteem your elders, boy.

  3. esteemverb

    to regard something as valuable; to prize

  4. esteemverb

    to look upon something in a particular way

    Mary is an esteemed member of the community

  5. esteemverb

    To judge; to estimate; to appraise

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

  6. Etymology: First at end of 16th century; from estimer, from aestimare; see estimate, and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Esteemnoun

    High value; reverential regard.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    Who can see,
    Without esteem for virtuous poverty,
    Severe Fabritius, or can cease t’ admire
    The ploughman consul in his coarse attire. John Dryden, Æn.

    Both those poets lived in much esteem with good and holy men in orders. John Dryden, Fables, Preface.

    I am not uneasy that many, whom I never had any esteem for, are likely to enjoy this world after me. Alexander Pope.

  2. To ESTEEMverb

    Etymology: estimer, French; æstimo, Latin.

    The worth of all men by their end esteem,
    And then due praise, or due reproach them yield. Fa. Queen.

    I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her. Wisd. vii. 8.

    Besides, those single forms she doth esteem,
    And in her balance doth their values try. Davies.

    Who would not be loved more, though he were esteemed less? Dryden.

    One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Rom. xiv. 5.

ChatGPT

  1. esteem

    Esteem is the regard, respect, admiration or value that is attributed to a person or their qualities. It may also refer to having a favorable opinion or high regard for someone. It's also associated with self-worth and self-respect. The term can also refer to holding someone or something in high regard and assigning great value or importance to them.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Esteemverb

    to set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon

  2. Esteemverb

    to set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship

  3. Esteemverb

    to form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider

  4. Esteemverb

    estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price

  5. Esteemverb

    high estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Esteem

    es-tēm′, v.t. to set a high estimate or value on: to regard with respect or friendship: to consider or think.—n. high estimation or value: favourable regard.—p.adj. Esteemed′, respected.—adj. Es′timable, that can be estimated or valued: worthy of esteem: deserving our good opinion.—adv. Es′timably.—v.t. Es′timāte, to judge of the worth of a thing: to calculate.—n. reputation: a valuing in the mind: judgment or opinion of the worth or size of anything: a rough calculation: estimation.—n. Estimā′tion, act of estimating: a reckoning of value: esteem, honour: importance: conjecture.—adj. Es′timātive.—n. Es′timātor.—Hold in estimation, to esteem highly.—The estimates, accounts given before parliament showing the probable expenditure for the year. [Fr. estimer—L. æstimāre.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of esteem in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of esteem in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of esteem in a Sentence

  1. George Moore:

    Self esteem is the dough that makes us rise to the top, or fall to the bottom of the heap ~ Tiffani S. Hall, American Poet & Writer

  2. Sri Madhava:

    Freedom, then, lies only in our innate human capacity to choose between different sorts of bondage, bondage to desire or self esteem, or bondage to the light that lightens all our lives.

  3. Edmea Pereira:

    All our aches and pains stay at the bottom of the sea, we no longer feel pain, and our self-esteem is elevated too, when I get out of the sea I feel 10 years younger.

  4. Janice Baker-Kinney:

    Your arrogance sparked a movement that has grown to thousands of women taking back their self esteem and proudly standing up for what is morally right, thank you for your enormous ego and arrogance, for without it we might not be here today.

  5. Dr. Laura Schlessinger:

    The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self- esteem.

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