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noun
What somebody or something is known for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: name, character, charctersavour, face, standing, stock
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the general estimation that the public has for a person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: report
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: estimate, estimation
noun
the state of being held in high esteem and honor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: repute
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: honor, honour, laurels
Narrower terms: black eye, stock, character, name, fame
noun
notoriety for some particular characteristic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: notoriety, ill fame
History
14c. "credit, good reputation", from Middle English reputacion, reputacioun, reputation, reputatioun, from Anglo-Norman reputacion, reputacioun, Middle French reputation (French réputation), and their etymon Latin reputātiōnem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputō (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + putō (“reckon, consider”). By surface analysis, repute + -ation. Displaced native Old English hlīsa (“reputation, fame”)
Across languages
178 source translations are retained for this English entry.
