reputation
the state of being held in high esteem and honor
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,229 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,841 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the state of being held in high esteem and honor also: repute
- notoriety for some particular characteristic his reputation for promiscuity
- the general estimation that the public has for a person also: report he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writinghe was a person of bad report
reputation 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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You do anything in the world to gain a reputation.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Investigating magistrate since 1859, he had rapidly acquired the most brilliant reputation.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Already in the neighborhood he had that reputation to be very rich, which is the beginning of riches itself.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The Spurious Sportsman thus spends the greater part of his life in building up a reputation out of nothing.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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She has built up her reputation by "break-downs," and has clutched the burlesque diadem with, innumerable bounds of her elastic legs.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1