Reputation Meaning
/ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounWhat somebody or something is known for.
Sentence Examples
Ms. Eichler had a notorious reputation for being austere to her students.
In any industry a reputation can make or break people.
The school has a reputation for high standards of discipline.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The major scandal completely ruined the company's ____ as a trustworthy business.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scandal seriously damaged the politician's ____ and he resigned from office the following week.
Word Origin & History
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”)
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And Balaam (or as the trueth of the hebrewe hath Bileam) doth signifie the people of no reputation
or the vayne people or they that are not counted for people."
— 1529, John Frith, A pistle to the Christen reader. The Revelation of Antichrist: Antithesis, […] , Luft [i.e. Hoochstraten], page 117:
"Sometimes a man makes a reputation, deserved or otherwise, by a single action."
— 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith, Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, page 12:
"The reputations of our universities and our research base are already under threat because of the fallout from the EU referendum result, which is making the UK an unfriendlier place for overseas scholars and students, as well as cutting off access to an important stream of research funding and to a vibrant and well-developed ecosystem for collaborative work."
— 2016 October 18, Stephen Curry, “Why the Higher Education and Research Bill must be amended”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The major scandal completely ruined the company's ____ as a trustworthy business.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scandal seriously damaged the politician's ____ and he resigned from office the following week.