repute

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/ rɪˈpyut /

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noun

estimation in the view of others; reputation: persons of good repute.

favorable reputation; good name; public respect.

verb (used with object), re·put·ed, re·put·ing.

to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive): He was reputed to be a millionaire.

OTHER WORDS FOR repute

2 distinction, honor.

3 hold, deem, reckon.

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OPPOSITES FOR repute

2 dishonor.

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Origin of repute

1400–50; late Middle English reputen (v.) <Middle French reputer<Latin reputāre to compute, consider, equivalent to re-re- + putāre to think

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2. See credit.

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How to use repute in a sentence

For Zuzia Whelan and her 80-year-old grandmother, this salad is as important as any dish of repute.
The Curious Warmth of Grandma’s Kitchen|Sohini Das Gupta|September 17, 2021|Ozy
Some of these critics, notably Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, and Eric Rohmer, later became filmmakers of international repute.
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Erik Rush, a semiliterate “pundit” of no repute, tweeted that Saudis should be aggressively profiled at American airports.
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Name Synonyms; reputation, title, appellation, denomination, repute.
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“Neighbors of the Anderson's [ sic] advised that family was of good repute,” Caulfield wrote in a memo.
Nixon White House Plotted to Kill Columnist|Mark Feldstein|September 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
A 15-year-old girl is “a five-foot-ten-inch mantis of legendary poise and ballet repute.”
Literary Fiction for Tough Guys|Taylor Antrim|March 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
His Indian repute had not preceded him to such degree as to make the way easy for him through the London crowd.
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Mrs. Tremayne, I am a man of substantial position, and perhaps I may say of some repute in serious circles.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
Accordingly the Shasters were, for a time, in high repute among those who knew very little about them.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
In Venezuela it is an important article of agriculture, and the product is of fine quality and in good repute in Europe.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Joke indeed there is none, but it is the popular repute or suspicion of a jest that exercises this fascination.
A Cursory History of Swearing|Julian Sharman

British Dictionary definitions for repute

repute

/ (rɪˈpjuːt) /

verb

(tr; usually passive) to consider (a person or thing) to be as specifiedhe is reputed to be intelligent

noun

public estimation; reputationa writer of little repute

Word Origin for repute

C15: from Old French reputer, from Latin reputāre to think over, from re- + putāre to think

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