Reputation
[repjʊ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛpju'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the general estimation that the public has for a person; 'he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing'; 'he was a person of bad report'.
(noun.) notoriety for some particular characteristic; 'his reputation for promiscuity'.
Typist: Ludwig--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.
(v. t.) The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.
(v. t.) Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name.
(v. t.) Account; value.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Repute, name, character.[2]. Celebrity, credit, influence, fame, renown, distinction, honor, glory.
Editor: Louise
Definition
n. state of being held in repute: estimation: character in public opinion: credit: fame.—adj. Rep′ūtable in good repute: respectable: honourable: consistent with reputation.—n. Rep′ūtableness.—adv. Rep′ūtably.—adj. Rep′ūtātive reputed: putative.—adv. Rep′ūtātively by repute.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A personal possession, frequently not discovered until lost.
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Examples
- The jealousy of the artist to maintain that reputation, which his ingenuity has justly acquired, has urged him to unnecessary pains on this subject. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I am not ignorant that old Mr. Ablewhite has the reputation generally (especially among his inferiors) of being a remarkably good-natured man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Thus far, Gurth, said he, addressing his attendant, the reputation of English chivalry hath not suffered in my hands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You and I, Mr. Hartright, are excellently well acquainted with one another by reputation, he said. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Davy himself, in spite of his reputation as a chemist, placed this invention above all his other work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Of European reputation, added Mr. Badger in an undertone. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You have saved an innocent man's life, and you have prevented a very grave scandal, which would have ruined my reputation in the Force. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Many of those who had run ten miles got back in time to redeem their reputation as gallant soldiers before night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She has a reputation for giving smart accounts of things, and she must be at these people's early, my dear, to lose nothing of the fun. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In Rome it became a science very early, and gave a considerable degree of illustration to those citizens who had the reputation of understanding it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The very smile was taken as evidence to the contrary; and from that time forth his reputation was established. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Well, as I was saying, the doctor distributed medicine as long as he had any to distribute, and his reputation is mighty in Galilee this day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I must clear my unfortunate partner's reputation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Perhaps you may remember some one saying at the beginning of our discussion that the unjust man was profited if he had the reputation of justice. Plato. The Republic.
- The reputation of Rome has flourished through the prosperity of her heirs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many vast vague reputations have been made, solely by taking cabs and going about. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Muckraking began with the exposure of vice; men like Heney, Lindsey, Folk founded their reputations on the fight against it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Men who have no property, can injure one another only in their persons or reputations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Other people besides you have self-respect, and even reputations. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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