Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: repute
IPA transcription: [ɹipj'ut]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: repute, reputation
    Meaning: the state of being held in high esteem and honor
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: think_of, repute, regard_as, look_upon, look_on, esteem, take_to_be
    Meaning: look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
Usage examples
  • He would think himself in bad repute if he employed his life solely in living.
  • The knights of Cornwall are in ill repute in romance for their cowardice, and they exhibited it on this occasion.
  • How much more, then, must it be disagreeable to have the repute that one's living spirit was inflicting pain upon another!"
  • He was the chief deity of the city of Cuthah, which, Jastrow suggests, was situated beside a burial place of great repute, like the Egyptian Abydos.
  • She was a very clever teacher and a very incompetent business woman, so that her small school, of excellent standing and repute, proved difficult to finance.