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Collocations for esteem - noun

ADJECTIVE

great, high
low
personal
I needed to do it for my own personal esteem.
mutual
We parted with expressions of mutual esteem.
critical, popular, public, social
Her work has been steadily gaining critical esteem in recent years.

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VERB + esteem

earn
She had earned the esteem of everyone in the town.
enjoy, have
the high public esteem now enjoyed by the armed forces
lose
He had lost all of his personal esteem.
accord sb
the level of social esteem accorded to doctors
boost, build, build up, raise
Recent reviews of her work have raised her esteem.

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PREPOSITION

in … esteem
the status of teachers in the public esteem
esteem for
the public's esteem for the president
I have great esteem for you.
esteem of
The school's aim is to build the self-esteem of the children.

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PHRASES

hold sb/sth in great, high, low, etc. esteem
He is held in the highest esteem by all who know him.
a mark of esteem, a token of esteem
We would like to offer you this gift as a mark of our esteem.

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