fame
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,401 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,153 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed also: celebrity, renown
- favorable public reputation
fame in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Your fame, your blame, I can not shun.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Here, at last, thought I to myself, is Fame.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Must merited fame endure time’s wrong— Glory’s ripe grape wizen up to a raisin?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Who was I to argue with Ray, whose fame was in every one's mouth--soldier, traveller, and diplomatist?
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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If they choose to think so, they have a right to their opinion, and that opinion is fame.
The Attaché · Thomas Chandler Haliburton · Chapter 1