fame
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence: to seek fame as an opera singer.
common estimation or opinion generally held of a person or thing; reputation.
Origin of fame
1Other words from fame
- fameless, adjective
- outfame, verb (used with object), out·famed, out·fam·ing.
- self-fame, noun
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How to use fame in a sentence
Later on South Africa had become the lure to all who suffered from the auri sacra fames.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. GravesThis has its advantages, for it keeps alive in certain localities fames that would otherwise have utterly perished.
Obiter Dicta | Augustine BirrellThey knew very well that the most absurd notions have always a chance with people who are suffering; malisunda fames.
Essays on Political Economy | Frederic BastiatThe only other entry, until the Tudor period, is fames magna in Hibernia in 1410.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonSome literary fames are among the legacies left by preceding centuries to the present one to account for and explain.
A Brief Handbook of English Authors | Oscar Fay Adams
British Dictionary definitions for fame
/ (feɪm) /
the state of being widely known or recognized; renown; celebrity
archaic rumour or public report
(tr; now usually passive) to make known or famous; celebrate: he was famed for his ruthlessness
Origin of fame
1Derived forms of fame
- famed, adjective
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