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[ US /ɹipˈjut/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪpjˈuːt/ ]
VERB
  1. look on as or consider
    He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician
    she looked on this affair as a joke
    He is reputed to be intelligent
NOUN
  1. the state of being held in high esteem and honor

How To Use repute In A Sentence

  • Many specialized institutions now equal the university in repute.
  • The portrait, reputed to be the most widely reproduced photograph in the world, has come to symbolize not just the ideals of the Cuban revolution but of revolution in general.
  • The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Northern Rock - Pay staff a bonus with public cash.
  • The three-time world champion only resumed playing last month after a six-month ban on disrepute charges. The Sun
  • He has little repute as an academic.
  • We need reform so that a suspended sentence can be converted by the original judge if the convicted criminals bring it into disrepute by their behaviour. The Sun
  • Further, this type of approach would soon bring the concept of a computer based system into disrepute.
  • He was taller than me, handsome, an athlete of repute.
  • He was extremely fit and is reputed to have been one of the fastest runners in the village and also regularly won local cycle races.
  • Tintagel Castle, the reputed birthplace of King Arthur, is being excavated professionally for the first time in more than 50 years.
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