English Explanatory Dictionary

reputation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. What somebody or something is known for.

Pronunciation

/ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ en-us-reputation.ogg

Word forms

reputation reputations

Etymology

14c. "credit, good reputation", from Middle English reputacion, reputacioun, reputation, reputatioun, from Anglo-Norman reputacion, reputacioun, Middle French reputation (French réputation), and their etymon Latin reputātiōnem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputō (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + putō (“reckon, consider”). By surface analysis, repute + -ation. Displaced native Old English hlīsa (“reputation, fame”)

Synonyms

name character charctersavour face

Related words

repute

Derived words

demirep disreputation reputational reputation economy reputationism reputationless reputation management reputation system webutation your reputation precedes you
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