world-renowned en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Compound of world + renowned.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of worldwide renown; known and respected internationally.
The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.
2013 July 10, Daniel Prendergast, “‘You don’t have the cojones’: 54-year-old woman fronts up to would-be muggers who pointed gun at her chest”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2016:
Synonyms
Translations (3)
fr de renommée mondiale (of worldwide renown) · fi maailmankuulu (of worldwide renown) · yi וועלט־באַרימט (of worldwide renown)