reputation

B1 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled ruputation

US /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #2613

Meanings

1

noun
The general opinion that people have about someone or something.

The restaurant has an excellent reputation for fresh seafood.
2

noun
The state of being respected and admired.

Years of honest work earned her a fine reputation in the community.

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1 noun · the general opinion that... name character report

2 noun · the state of being... repute

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Etymology

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”)

*pewH- Proto-Indo-European reputacion,reputacioun,reputation,reputatioun Middle English reputacion,reputacioun xno reputation Middle French reputātiō Latin

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# reputation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 2613

## Meanings
1. The general opinion that people have about someone or something.
2. The state of being respected and admired.

## Examples
- The restaurant has an excellent reputation for fresh seafood.
- Years of honest work earned her a fine reputation in the community.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pewH-
- Root: reputacion,reputacioun,reputation,reputatioun
- Root: reputacion,reputacioun
- Root: reputation
- Root: reputātiō

## Etymology
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”)

## AI Etymology
Reputation 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”). Modern senses include the general opinion that people have about someone or something. and the state of being respected and admired..

## Topics
- People & Society

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