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hall of fame en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (capitalized, often, usually) A structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals (especially ones of importance to some field), often containing a collection of memorabilia relating to them.
2. (capitalized, usually) A group, sometimes formal, of the famed or illustrious in a given field.
   • He was inducted into the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame.
3. A high-score table.
   • […] hanging out with Dave instead down at the video arcades in Houndsfield Street, spending our pocket money on rubbing out each other's names from the Space Invaders' Hall of Fame. 2013, Emlyn Rees, Josie Lloyd, The Boy Next Door, page 100:
   • Scoring is by time taken, percentage of quest completed and charms collected with an overall rating offered. As in Underwurlde there is no Hall of Fame, largely due to the size of the program. 1985, Knight Lore (video game review in Crash issue 12)

Forms

Antonyms

hall of shame

Deriveds

hall-of-famer

Translations (22)

bn শহরতের দালান (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · de Ruhmeshalle (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · ru за́ла славы (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · ms balai kemasyhuran (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · hu hírességek csarnoka (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · nl zaal van bekendheid (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · cmn 光榮榜 /光荣榜 (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · id aula kehormatan (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · fr panthéon (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · pt hall da fama (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · it albo d'onore (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · de Hall of Fame (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · el αίθουσα της φήμης (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · ms dewan masyhur (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · es salón de la fama (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · ja 殿堂 (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · ka დიდების დარბაზი (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · vi đại sảnh danh vọng (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · pl galeria sław (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · ko 명예의 전당 (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · fi kunniagalleria (hall which honors people of great importance to some field) · fr temple de la renommée (hall which honors people of great importance to some field)