Hall of Fame
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3.6
- noun
- /hɔl əv feɪm/
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salón de la fama
- The Baseball Hall of Fame honors legendary players who made significant contributions to the sport.
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- induct into the Hall of Fame
- Hall of Fame coach
My dad's name's up there with that Hall of Fame logo next to it.
- My dad's name's up there with that Hall of Fame logo next to it.
- In their first five men voted into the Hall of Fame were Ty Cobb.
- This is not about the Hall of Fame for the NFL player of the year.
- We help run the Ray Lewis Hall of Fame event in LA.
- At the at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- I am in the African American sports Hall of Fame.
- But the day we have a special guest, it is a UFC Hall of Fame Octagon warrior.
- And that, Emily, is for the NXT, the Hall of Fame.
- It's going to be my speech for the Hall of Fame, inducting my brother against his wishes.
- So please help me in welcoming the future Hall of Fame driver and ferocious competitor Kurt Busch.
- When I first found out you made the Hall of Fame, I know it was, it was, it was destined to come.
- And I watched the day that they told Jimmie Johnson that he had made the Hall of Fame.
Examples
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Did you know Pete Rose has 4256 hits and he's not in the Hall of Fame?
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So when I got into the Hall of Fame, it was like my career was wrapping up.
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- This is like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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You now have the top honor in our Hall of Fame.
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Gotta take my first step toward the Hall of Fame.
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We help run the Ray Lewis Hall of Fame event in LA.
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I'm from Cleveland, OH, where I work at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame part time.
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I was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when they had the exhibit of early blues.
Fiction book (2000) -
"So, this is your first trip to the Basketball Hall of Fame?" Chaz said.
Fiction book (1993) -
McClain was inducted into the Hall of Fame - just last year.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly inferable from the parts: 'hall' (a building or room) combined with 'fame' (public recognition) yields a place honoring famous people. The 'hall of X' compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand this usage.
Etymology
Hall of Fame comes from the simple picture of a large room, a hall, lined with plaques, photos, and names showing people's fame. So the phrase now means a place or list that 'honors' the most famous or successful people in a field.