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Definition of "fame" []
- Great renown: a concert violinist of international fame. (noun)
- Public estimation; reputation: a politician of ill fame. (noun)
- Archaic Rumor. (noun)
- To make renowned or famous. (verb-transitive)
- Archaic To report to be. (verb-transitive)
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Use "fame" in a sentence
- "Whatever is enclosed within marks of parenthesis is also independent of the rest of the sentence; as, I stake my fame (_and I had fame_), my heart, my hope, my soul, upon this cast."
- "For rumour [the Greek pheme, via fama in Latin, gives us our word fame] is an evil thing; by nature she's a light weight to lift up, yes, but heavy to carry and hard to put down again."
- "Must be real career boost when your main claim to fame is to be able to mock someone."
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