renown
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5.5
- noun
- /rɪˈnaʊn/
- Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has achieved renown for its institutional incorporation of a learning-how-to-learn approach to education.
- achieving renown
- gain renown
- win renown
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Watch on YouTubeHe's a psychologist of some renown.
- He's a psychologist of some renown.
- And the best enforcement mechanism is admiration and desire and social renown.
- Hello, this is Hank Green for a special episode of Scishow where we're going to be interviewing Carl Zimmer, who is a science writer of great renown.
- The thing that works is fame is renown, and renown can work at many different levels.
- And so he is attracting renown and, and fame in that respect as well.
Examples
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By then, the Basel friary had become a reform community of international renown, attracting friars from Bohemia, Denmark, and Barcelona.
Academic text (2018) -
So I had become, at once, the star of the family, and my renown spread worldwide overnight.
Fiction book (1991) -
He became a writer of some renown.
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A diplomat of international renown, Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his body of diplomatic work.
Academic text (2006) -
John Hennessy is a scholar of international renown, but at the same time he's a beloved teacher, mentor, and advisor.
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He became a writer of renown with his best-selling novels.
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Mr. Blanc is a private investigator of great renown in his field.
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Over the last 35 years, he has won renown as one of Florida's most celebrated fishermen.
Synonyms
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1.0
Being known by many people for something you did
422
3.8
Great fame and honor from important achievements
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3.5
The quality of being very important and admired for skill or achievements
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3.4
Public praise for someone's achievement or effort
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2.8
Being famous and known by many people
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5.1
High respect and admiration that people give for success or power
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5.9
The respect and importance someone or something has because of their success
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5.6
A state of being important and easily noticed
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8.7
A sign that makes someone or something seem more respected and important
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7.9
High respect for a person because of their work in a field
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6.7
The opinion people have of someone, often about how respected they are
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3.4
Being known by many people and recognized in public
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6.6
A quality of being respected and trusted by many people
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5.8
Being well known
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8.7
Being worthy of deep respect and honour
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8.6
Great fame and respect for doing important work
A quality of being respected and admired because of success, power, or money
Antonyms
How Renowned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Renown comes from old parts that mean 'name again', re- 'again' and nominare 'to name'. So a person of renown is someone people 'name' again and again, which is why renown means wide fame and respect.