Esteem+highly

  • 41Diligent — Dil i*gent, a. [F. diligent, L. diligens, entis, p. pr. of diligere, dilectum, to esteem highly, prefer; di = dis + legere to choose. See {Legend}.] 1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42prize — prize1 /pruyz/, n. 1. a reward for victory or superiority, as in a contest or competition. 2. something that is won in a lottery or the like. 3. anything striven for, worth striving for, or much valued. 4. something seized or captured, esp. an… …

    Universalium

  • 43value — /val yooh/, n., v., valued, valuing. n. 1. relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess. 2. monetary or material worth, as in commerce or trade: This piece of land has greatly increased in… …

    Universalium

  • 44famous — I adjective acclaimed, applauded, celeber, celebrated, celebrated in public, conspicuous, distinguished, elevated, eminent, esteemed, exalted, fabled, famed, foremost, glorified, glorious, held in high esteem, highly reputed, holding public… …

    Law dictionary

  • 45appreciate — [17] Like appraise, appreciate originally comes from the notion of setting a price on something. It comes from late Latin appretiāre, a compound verb formed from ad ‘to’ and pretium ‘price’. The neutral sense of ‘estimating worth’ was already… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 46diligent — [14] The underlying meaning of diligent is ‘loving’. It comes via Old French diligent from the present participial stem of Latin dīligere ‘esteem highly, love’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘apart’ and legere ‘choose’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47think\ a\ great\ deal\ of — • think a great deal of • think a lot of • think much of v. phr. To consider to be very worthy, valuable, or important; to esteem highly. Mary thinks a great deal of Tim. The teacher thought a lot of Joe s project. the phrase think much of is… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 48think\ a\ lot\ of — • think a great deal of • think a lot of • think much of v. phr. To consider to be very worthy, valuable, or important; to esteem highly. Mary thinks a great deal of Tim. The teacher thought a lot of Joe s project. the phrase think much of is… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 49think\ much\ of — • think a great deal of • think a lot of • think much of v. phr. To consider to be very worthy, valuable, or important; to esteem highly. Mary thinks a great deal of Tim. The teacher thought a lot of Joe s project. the phrase think much of is… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 50prize — I [[t]praɪz[/t]] n. 1) a reward for victory or superiority, as in a contest or competition 2) something won in a lottery or the like 3) anything striven for, worth striving for, or much valued 4) something seized or captured, esp. an enemy s ship …

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