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repute en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • rĭ-pyoo͞t′
  • (US) audio
  • /ɹɪˈpjuːt/

Etymology

From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Reputation, especially a good reputation.
    • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reputes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

marriage by habit and repute · habit and repute · ill repute · reputeless · reputation · marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute · disrepute · reputable

Translations (24)

ko 평판 (reputation, especially a good reputation) · de Ruf (reputation, especially a good reputation) · he מוֹנִיטִין (reputation, especially a good reputation) · sv renommé (reputation, especially a good reputation) · fi maine (reputation, especially a good reputation) · el φήμη (reputation, especially a good reputation) · ota شان (reputation, especially a good reputation) · ru до́брая сла́ва (reputation, especially a good reputation) · ja 評判 (reputation, especially a good reputation) · bn শোহরৎ (reputation, especially a good reputation) · fr réputation (reputation, especially a good reputation) · it rinomanza (reputation, especially a good reputation) · es reputación (reputation, especially a good reputation) · pt reputação (reputation, especially a good reputation) · ota چاو (reputation, especially a good reputation) · cs reputace (reputation, especially a good reputation) · bg реноме́ (reputation, especially a good reputation) · eo reputacio (reputation, especially a good reputation) · cmn 聲望 /声望 (reputation, especially a good reputation) · ota صان (reputation, especially a good reputation) · he שֵׁם (reputation, especially a good reputation) · bg репутация (reputation, especially a good reputation) · nl reputatie de (reputation, especially a good reputation) · ota اعتبار (reputation, especially a good reputation)

repute en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • rĭ-pyoo͞t′
  • (US) audio
  • /ɹɪˈpjuːt/

Etymology

From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).

Meanings

  1. To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
  2. To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something
    • The king your father was reputed for / A prince most prudent. 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
    • Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 18:3:
    • If the comparison could be made, I verily believe these would be found to be almost infinituple of the other; which ought therefore to be reputed as nothing. 1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reputes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
reputing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reputed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reputed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

reputability · misrepute · reputeless · reputee

Translations (4)

he נֶחְשַׁב (to attribute or credit something to something) · pt reputar (to attribute or credit something to something) · he חָשַׁב ל (to attribute or credit something to something) · cmn 對聲望 /对声望 (to attribute or credit something to something)