Esteem Meaning
/ɪˈstiːm/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAssessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
verbTo set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
Sentence Examples
I esteem it an honor to address this audience.
I have a great esteem for you.
CEFR Practice Quiz
I ____ my grandmother more than anyone else in the world.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is held in high ____ by his colleagues for his honesty and integrity.
Word Origin & History
First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō. See estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Will he esteem thy riches?"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 36:19:
"You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it."
— 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
"Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:15:
"Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural."
— 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 9, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
"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."
— 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. V, The English”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
I ____ my grandmother more than anyone else in the world.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is held in high ____ by his colleagues for his honesty and integrity.