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reputation

//ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for reputation

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Forms

Plural: reputations

Definitions

1.What somebody or something is known for.
- The new manager has a reputation for being a stickler for details.
- Sometimes a man makes a reputation, deserved or otherwise, by a single action.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2652

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

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”)

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Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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