The critics held him in high esteem as an actor.esteem1 nounesteem2 verb
esteemes‧teem1 /ɪˈstiːm/ noun [uncountable] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- In order to be elected, you've got to attract the support and esteem of the population.
- A response indicating high self esteem was coded as 2, low self esteem 0, and not sure or missing 1.
- As the wrangling has stretched into the new year, Clinton has moved up some in public esteem.
- At present rubies vary greatly in esteem according to their colour and source.
- But during her short acting career, Brown was held in high esteem by the theatrical fraternity in Northern Ireland.
- It enables people to develop new skills which may enhance confidence and self esteem.
- It may be that you do not recognise the deep-seated reasons why you hold some animals in higher esteem than others.
- Prestige A further perceived interest relates to the esteem in which a country is held.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The critics held him in high esteem as an actor. Playing a sport can boost a girl’s self-esteem. students’ sense of self-esteem
a feeling of respect for someone, or a good opinion of someonehold somebody in high/great esteem The critics held him in high esteem as an actor. (=a sign of their respect) Please accept the small gift we enclose as a mark of our esteem.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Please accept the small gift we enclose as a mark of our esteem. (=respect them very much) As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem. Romsey earned high praise from his boss.
As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem. Romsey earned high praise from his boss. Playing a sport can boost a girl’s self-esteem. students’ sense of self-esteem (=not much self-esteem)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· With great esteem Yr most faithful & Obdt.Sert.· At college he was held in great affection and esteem by his fellow students.· There is also through the training strategy an attempt to give this work greater dignity and esteem.
· Dudley was recalled in 1587, and, despite his abysmal failures, was held in high esteem at court once again.· We held him in high esteem and placed complete confidence in him.· But during her short acting career, Brown was held in high esteem by the theatrical fraternity in Northern Ireland.· His firm had long claimed to hold the qualities of individual initiative and independent thinking in highest esteem.· A response indicating high self esteem was coded as 2, low self esteem 0, and not sure or missing 1.· I had high esteem for his skills.· As kids, loyal pals, as men now, they justify the respect and high esteem given them.
· Universities have hardly ever been held in lower esteem.· I think she has low self- esteem.· A response indicating high self esteem was coded as 2, low self esteem 0, and not sure or missing 1.· It was yet another instance of how low in his esteem she stood.· The miller down the ages has made his own peculiar contribution to the low esteem in which he was held.· So the union - and the game - are held in low esteem at present.· Low morale means low esteem and that reflects in quality of work and output of staff.· And yet this is happening at a moment when the leaders in question stand exceptionally low in public esteem.
· Riding winners was the only way he knew how to re-establish his self-worth, let alone his public esteem.· As the wrangling has stretched into the new year, Clinton has moved up some in public esteem.· And yet this is happening at a moment when the leaders in question stand exceptionally low in public esteem.· Martial acts might also be more dramatic or better recorded for wider public esteem.· Thus, perhaps not surprisingly, medicine and medical practitioners still enjoy considerable public esteem.
· All this, however, in the search for social esteem and personal uniqueness.
VERB· Dudley was recalled in 1587, and, despite his abysmal failures, was held in high esteem at court once again.· We held him in high esteem and placed complete confidence in him.· But during her short acting career, Brown was held in high esteem by the theatrical fraternity in Northern Ireland.· Universities have hardly ever been held in lower esteem.· Those two aspects mean that a small number of people can be members and they are held in some esteem.· He became special assistant to Syme for five years and was held in high esteem by his master and mentor.· So the union - and the game - are held in low esteem at present.· He is held in the highest esteem by all who know him.
The critics held him in high esteem as an actor.token/mark of somebody’s esteem (=a sign of their respect) Please accept the small gift we enclose as a mark of our esteem.esteem for my father’s complete lack of esteem for actors → self-esteemesteem1 nounesteem2 verb
esteemesteem2 verb [transitive] formal WORD ORIGINesteem2
Origin:
1500-1600 Old French estimer, from Latin aestimare; ➔ ESTIMATE2VERB TABLE
esteem
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | esteem |
| he, she, it | esteems | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | esteemed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have esteemed |
| he, she, it | has esteemed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had esteemed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will esteem |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have esteemed |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The Church teaches people to esteem others more than themselves.
- After Cameron, it was wonderful to be so esteemed, so cosseted.
- He was attentive but impersonal, and esteemed rather than loved.
- I thought that Scripture told me to esteem others more than myself.
- The Piaroa view the arrogant and dominating character, which the Shavante would highly esteem in a mature male, as odious.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Playing a sport can boost a girl’s self-esteem. students’ sense of self-esteem
to respect and admire someone or something: (=respect them very much) As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem. Romsey earned high praise from his boss.
As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem. Romsey earned high praise from his boss. Playing a sport can boost a girl’s self-esteem. students’ sense of self-esteem (=not much self-esteem)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· One reason why chalcedony has been so highly esteemed is that it lends itself to a variety of decorative treatments.· True ivory is one of the few substances to have been highly esteemed for symbolic purposes wherever it could be obtained.· Such craftsmen were considered more than mere artisans, and their products, especially set in seal rings, were highly esteemed.· The Piaroa view the arrogant and dominating character, which the Shavante would highly esteem in a mature male, as odious.
Peden was greatly esteemed by the people of Ayrshire. He was esteemed as a literary wit.