esteem
Usage
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To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To prize is to value highly and cherish.
Example Sentences
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As esteemed as Fanning is, 2025 proved to be a watershed year in her impressive career.
From Salon
"Abed loved journalism and held it in high esteem because it documents the truth," his father Samir Shaath told AFP, using his dead son's nickname.
From Barron's
His family encouraged him to send it to the esteemed naturalist and helped him track down an address.
From BBC
"The outpouring of grief and loss is a reflection of the esteem in which he's held."
From BBC
Monographs from esteemed Black artists cover her coffee table; hundreds of vintage Vogue magazines line the wall.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
