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# esteem

«esteem» in Mova's school dictionary: **great respect and good opinion of someone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (uncountable); verb (esteem, esteems, esteemed, esteeming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Esteem is great respect and good opinion of someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#m1)

2) Self-esteem is how much you value and respect yourself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#m2)

3) (formal) To esteem someone means to respect and admire them a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE and wellbeing lessons, «self-esteem» is common: feeling good about who you are. In stories or speeches, someone is "held in high esteem" when people respect them. Phrases: «hold someone in high esteem», «self-esteem», «low self-esteem», «a token of our esteem», «highly esteemed».

### examples

- The teacher was held in high esteem by everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#x1)
- Bullying can damage a child's self-esteem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#x2)
- Praise for effort can help build self-esteem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#x3)
- The doctor was a highly esteemed scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#x4)
- Please accept this gift as a token of our esteem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#x5)
- She had low self-esteem until she joined the drama club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#x6)
- MERCURY once determined to learn in what esteem he was held among mortals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/#x7)

### note

Noun is uncountable. Verb: esteemed, esteeming (formal). Adjective: esteemed. Do not mix up with «estimate» (a rough guess of a number), which looks similar.

### In the corpora

- [Therefore I esteem all Thy precepts concerning all things to be right; every false way I hate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2293/)
- [He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1150/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «esteem» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esteem/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.