Esteem
noun
A feeling of respect or admiration for someone or something.
His colleagues hold him in high esteem.
Often appears as...
- hold in high esteem
- lose esteem
verb
To respect and admire someone or something very much.
The professor was highly esteemed by his students.
Often appears as...
- esteem someone highly
- esteem for someone
noun
The worth or value that people place on something.
The esteem of a good education in society is high.
Often appears as...
- esteem of value
- esteem of worth
noun
A feeling of respect or admiration for someone or something.
His colleagues hold him in high esteem.
Often appears as...
- hold in high esteem
- lose esteem
verb
To respect and admire someone or something very much.
The professor was highly esteemed by his students.
Often appears as...
- esteem someone highly
- esteem for someone
noun
The worth or value that people place on something.
The esteem of a good education in society is high.
Often appears as...
- esteem of value
- esteem of worth
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Social Perception
Esteem reflects one's standing in others' eyes, often based on achievements or character.
She earned her team's esteem after successfully leading the project.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Automatic
Esteem is given based on someone's actions or qualities, not just because of their status.
Despite his wealth, he struggled to gain his peers' esteem.
Pro Tip 3/3Earned Respect
Esteem must be earned through qualities like integrity, kindness, or expertise.
The community held the firefighter in high esteem for his bravery.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Perception
Esteem reflects one's standing in others' eyes, often based on achievements or character.
She earned her team's esteem after successfully leading the project.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Automatic
Esteem is given based on someone's actions or qualities, not just because of their status.
Despite his wealth, he struggled to gain his peers' esteem.
Pro Tip 3/3Earned Respect
Esteem must be earned through qualities like integrity, kindness, or expertise.
The community held the firefighter in high esteem for his bravery.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Perception
Esteem reflects one's standing in others' eyes, often based on achievements or character.
She earned her team's esteem after successfully leading the project.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Automatic
Esteem is given based on someone's actions or qualities, not just because of their status.
Despite his wealth, he struggled to gain his peers' esteem.
Pro Tip 3/3Earned Respect
Esteem must be earned through qualities like integrity, kindness, or expertise.
The community held the firefighter in high esteem for his bravery.
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admirationappreciatorapprovalfavourhonourpraiseregardrespectreverencevaluation
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Everything you need to...
by hanging her rear end out the window for him to kiss. When this appears not to work, her scholar decides to try farting in the same position, but this time, the clerk is waiting with a red-hot poker. This might all sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever
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The secret to desire in...
I feel dead inside, when I don't like my body, when I feel old, when I haven't had time for myself, when I haven't had a chance to even check in with you, when I don't perform well at work, when I feel low self esteem, when I don't have a sense of self-worth, when I don't feel like I have a right to want, to take,
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Nile Ibis Birds Create...
that now populate the river are held in high esteem as they probe for snails they resemble scribes dipping pens into ink so are also credited with the power of knowledge but in reality they are important for a more practical reason evidence from autopsies on mummies has
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A day in the life of an...
promised to the temple at birth. At puberty, she changed her name and gained her elevated naditu status in a ceremony where a priest examined the entrails of a sacrificed animal for omens. The naditu are an esteemed group drawn from Babylonia’s most affluent families.
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The Uncertainty...
we can measure its position in space. So you know exactly how fast the thing is going. Yes, but if we do, we cannot also know where that thing is. Does that sound logical to you? No, sir. Of course not. And according to my esteemed colleague,
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The Japanese myth of the...
From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple. He could frequently be found telling tales and performing tricks that amused even the most serious monks. Villagers came from far away to see the temple tanuki,
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Never, ever give up PIPE...
I've been invited to speak in front of esteemed groups such as yourselves; I've signed a wonderful major book contract. All of that's great, and I don't denigrate it. I'm proud of it all, but the truth is, I'm walking around tall
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
happens will be the result of a collaboration of many heroes so let's dive in join us behind our yellow border and hear insights directly from esteemed scientists journalists historians and local leaders
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How Hip Hop taught my...
that the process I tell them that the process towards diversity is not just about the presence of difference it is about creating spaces and opportunities for truly esteeming and exploring the
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The case against "good"...
Esteemed members of the jury, I submit the following words for immediate and violent execution
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Everything you need to...
by hanging her rear end out the window for him to kiss. When this appears not to work, her scholar decides to try farting in the same position, but this time, the clerk is waiting with a red-hot poker. This might all sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever
Video examples
The secret to desire in...
I feel dead inside, when I don't like my body, when I feel old, when I haven't had time for myself, when I haven't had a chance to even check in with you, when I don't perform well at work, when I feel low self esteem, when I don't have a sense of self-worth, when I don't feel like I have a right to want, to take,
Video examples
Nile Ibis Birds Create...
that now populate the river are held in high esteem as they probe for snails they resemble scribes dipping pens into ink so are also credited with the power of knowledge but in reality they are important for a more practical reason evidence from autopsies on mummies has
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
promised to the temple at birth. At puberty, she changed her name and gained her elevated naditu status in a ceremony where a priest examined the entrails of a sacrificed animal for omens. The naditu are an esteemed group drawn from Babylonia’s most affluent families.
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The Uncertainty...
we can measure its position in space. So you know exactly how fast the thing is going. Yes, but if we do, we cannot also know where that thing is. Does that sound logical to you? No, sir. Of course not. And according to my esteemed colleague,
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The Japanese myth of the...
From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple. He could frequently be found telling tales and performing tricks that amused even the most serious monks. Villagers came from far away to see the temple tanuki,
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Never, ever give up PIPE...
I've been invited to speak in front of esteemed groups such as yourselves; I've signed a wonderful major book contract. All of that's great, and I don't denigrate it. I'm proud of it all, but the truth is, I'm walking around tall
Video examples
Stopping Pandemics, An...
happens will be the result of a collaboration of many heroes so let's dive in join us behind our yellow border and hear insights directly from esteemed scientists journalists historians and local leaders
Video examples
How Hip Hop taught my...
that the process I tell them that the process towards diversity is not just about the presence of difference it is about creating spaces and opportunities for truly esteeming and exploring the
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The case against "good"...
Esteemed members of the jury, I submit the following words for immediate and violent execution
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
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George Washington
American President
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
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Henry George Bohn
British Businessman
He who knows himself best esteems himself least.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
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George Washington
American President
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
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Henry George Bohn
British Businessman
He who knows himself best esteems himself least.
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