esteem
pronunciation
How to pronounce esteem in British English:
UK [ɪˈstiːm]
How to pronounce esteem in American English:
US [ɪˈstiːm]
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- Noun:
- the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
- a feeling of delighted approval and liking
- an attitude of admiration or esteem
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- Verb:
- regard highly; think much of
- look on as or consider
Word Origin
- esteem
- esteem: [15] Esteem and estimate [16] are fairly open about their relationship, but there is another, more heavily disguised member of the family: aim. All three come ultimately from Latin aestimāre. Estimate was a straightforward borrowing from the Latin past participle aestimātus, but esteem came via Old French estimer, and aim from the reduced Old French form esmer. Originally, esteem meant much the same as estimate does: ‘evaluate, assess’. But as early as the 16th century it had passed into ‘think highly of’ (a semantic development interestingly paralleled in the 20th century by rate).=> aim, estimate
- esteem (v.)
- mid-15c., from Old French estimer "to estimate, determine" (14c.), from Latin aestimare "to value, determine the value of, appraise," perhaps ultimately from *ais-temos "one who cuts copper," i.e. mints money (but de Vaan finds this "not very credible"). At first used as we would now use estimate; sense of "value, respect" is 1530s. Related: Esteemed; esteeming.
- esteem (n.)
- (also steem, extyme), mid-14c., "account, value, worth," from French estime, from estimer (see esteem (v.)). Meaning "high regard" is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. We esteem the highly articulate or logical people of our culture .
- 2. Women 's traditional roles as mothers and homemakers are held in high esteem .
- 3. It should therefore yield more than the usual boilerplate professions of mutual esteem .
- 4. How do you develop the trust and esteem you need in the third example ?
- 5. But mental health remains a medical backwater , desperately short of financing , practitioners and esteem .