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US
/ˌɹɛpjəˈteɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ɹˌɛpjuːtˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɹˌɛpjuːtˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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notoriety for some particular characteristic
his reputation for promiscuity -
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 - the state of being held in high esteem and honor
How To Use reputation In A Sentence
- A Scottish moor long bore the reputation for being haunted by a phantom flock of sheep, which were always heard "baaing" plaintively before a big storm. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
- These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
- Companies must earn a reputation for honesty.
- Once upon a time there was an old sow of impeccable reputation who lived a quiet life inside a busy farmyard. Times, Sunday Times
- The events had stained the city's reputation unfairly.
- With the usual prerogative of the wealthy classes, he tended to choose doctors with a reputation for having studied some topics in greater detail than usual.
- Furthermore, a series of strategic gaffs have further badly damaged the already squalid reputation which the industry has earned for itself.
- He has a well-deserved reputation as a reliable worker.
- These damages are measured by how much the libelous statements lower the plaintiff's reputation.
- It must also be pointed out that there is a difference between the publishing of material that is found to be libelous and stories that may be false, but injure no individual's reputation.
