reputation
/ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/
reputation noun: what somebody or something is known for.
Noun
reputation (countable and uncountable, plural reputations)
- What somebody or something is known for.
- The new manager has a reputation for being a stickler for details.
- And Balaam (or as the trueth of the hebrewe hath Bileam) doth signifie the people of no reputation
or the vayne people or they that are not counted for people.1529, John Frith, A pistle to the Christen reader. The Revelation of Antichrist: Antithesis, […] , Luft [i.e. Hoochstraten], page 117
reputation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
reputation in Hindi
- what somebody is known for
- प्रतिष्ठा pratiṣṭhā, प्रसिद्धि prasiddhi, नाम nām, शोहरत śohrat, आबरू ābrū
reputation in Tamil
- what somebody is known for
- பெயர் peyar, புகழ் pukaḻ
reputation in Marathi
- reputation
- ख्याती khyātī
- reputation; respectability
- गौरव gaurav
reputation in Urdu
- what somebody is known for
- شُہْرَت śuhrat, آبْرُو ābrū, نام nām
More languagesFewer languages
- reputation in Bengali
- শোহরৎ śōhorot, আব্রু abru
- reputation in Telugu
- ఖ్యాతి khyāti
- reputation in Malayalam
- പുകൾ, പുകഴ്ച, പ്രശസ്തി, ഖ്യാതി
- reputation in Kannada
- ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಹೆಸರು, ಒಳ್ಳೆಹೆಸರು, ಕೀರ್ತಿ, ಯಶಸ್ಸು
- reputation in Punjabi
- وزن vazan, مچھ mucch, مونہہ mūṉh
- reputation in Gujarati
- બોલબાલા bolbālā
- reputation in Odia
- ମାନ māna
- reputation in Assamese
- নাম nam
- reputation in Nepali
- नाम nām
- reputation in Pashto
- شهرت šohrat, نام nām
- reputation in Arabic
- سُمْعَة sumʕa, شُهْرَة šuhra, صِيت ṣīt, اِشْتِهَار ištihār
- reputation in Malay
- reputasi
- reputation in Indonesian
- reputasi
- reputation in Thai
- ชื่อเสียง chʉ̂ʉ-sǐiang
- reputation in Vietnamese
- danh giá, danh tiếng
- reputation in Myanmar
- အသရေ a.sa.re, သိန် sin, ဂုဏ်သရေ gunsa.re, ဂုဏ် gun
Examples of reputation in a sentence
- His reputation took a hit when the new information came to light.
- With their reputation on the line, they decided to fire their PR team.
- You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
Synonyms of reputation
Forms of reputation
| plural | reputations |
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Origin of 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”)
Words formed from reputation
Phrases with reputation
Words that rhyme with reputation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about reputation
- What does reputation mean?
- Reputation means what somebody or something is known for.
- What is reputation in Hindi?
- Reputation in Hindi is प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā), प्रसिद्धि (prasiddhi), नाम (nām). See Reputation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reputation?
- Reputation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce reputation?
- Reputation is pronounced /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of reputation?
- The plural of reputation is reputations.
Words near reputation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reputation (page history and authors); ख्याती (Marathi) (page history and authors); ఖ్యాతి (Telugu) (page history and authors); reputation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reputation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مونہہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); બોલબાલા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ମାନ (Odia) (page history and authors); নাম (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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