reputation

See also Reputation

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, SAMPA: /%rEpjU"teIS@n/

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Noun

reputation (plural reputations)

1. what somebody is known for

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.

Synonyms

• name

Derived terms

• reputational

Related terms

• repute

Translations

what somebody is known for

Arabic: سمعة (ar) (súm3a) f. Catalan: reputació (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 名譽 (cmn), 名誉 (cmn) (míngyù), 聲譽 (cmn), 声誉 (cmn) (shēngyù), 名聲 (cmn), 名声 (cmn) (míngshēng), 聲望 (cmn), 声望 (cmn) (shēngwàng) Croatian: reputacija (hr) f., renome (hr) m. Czech: pověst (cs) f. Danish: anseelse (da) Dutch: faam (nl) m., naam (nl) m., reputatie (nl) f. Finnish: maine (fi) French: réputation (fr) f., renommée (fr) f. (more slang) German: Ansehen (de) n., Ruf (de) m.

Greek: φήμη (el) (fími) f. Hebrew: מוֹנִיטִין (he) (monitín) m. pl. Italian: reputazione (it) f., rumore (it) Japanese: 評判 (ja) (ひょうばん, hyōban), 名声 (ja) (めいせい, meisei) Korean: 평판 (ko) (pyeongpan) (評判 (ko)), 명성 (ko) (myeongseong) (名聲 (ko)) Latin: fama (la) f. Portuguese: reputação (pt) f., fama (pt) f. Romanian: faimă  (ro) Russian: репутация (ru) (reputácija) f. Scottish Gaelic: cliù (gd) m. Spanish: reputación (es) f. Turkish: ün (tr), şöhret (tr), şan (tr), nam (tr)

External links

• reputation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• reputation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “repute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.