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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Noun	1.	esteem - the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" respect, 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 liking admiration 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" respect, regard 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"
Verb	1.	esteem - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" respect, value, prise, prize 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" look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, look on, think of 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"

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:

admire, consider, honor, regard, respect, value.

Idioms: look up to, think highly of.

2. To recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of:

appreciate, cherish, prize, respect, treasure, value.

Idiom: set store by.

3. To look upon in a particular way:

account, consider, deem, reckon, regard, see, view.

noun

A feeling of deference, approval, and liking:

account, admiration, appreciation, consideration, estimation, favor, honor, regard, respect.

Translations

إحْتِرام، تَقْديريَحْتَرِم، يُقَدِّر

agtelseestimererespektrespektereværdsætte

achten Achtungästimieren

εκτιμώ υπόληψη

apreciar aprecio estima estimación estimar

estime estimer apprécier

virîavirîing

stima stimare attenzione

gerbtipagarba

cieņacienīt

aktelse ha stor respekt for

hürmet etmekitibarsaygınlıksaymak

尊敬尊重

esteem

[ɪsˈtiːm]

A. VT (frm)

1. [+ person] → estimar, apreciar
my esteemed colleague → mi estimado colega

2. (= consider) → considerar, estimar
I would esteem it an honour → lo consideraría un honor

B. N → estima f, aprecio m
to hold sb in high esteem → tener a algn en gran estima
he lowered himself in my esteem → bajó en mi estima
he went up in my esteem → ganó valor a mis ojos

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esteem

[ɪˈstiːm]

n → estime 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

esteem

(= consider) → ansehen, betrachten

(= think highly of) person → hoch schätzen; qualities → schätzen; my esteemed colleague (form) → mein verehrter Herr Kollege (form), → meine verehrte Frau Kollegin (form)

n → Wertschätzung f; to hold somebody/something in (high) esteem → jdn/etw (hoch) schätzen, von jdm/etw eine hohe Meinung haben; to be held in low/great esteem → wenig/sehr geschätzt werden; he went down in my esteem → er ist in meiner Achtung gesunken

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esteem

[ɪsˈtiːm] (frm)

1. n → stima
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

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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Nothing makes a prince so much esteemed as great enterprises and setting a fine example.

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