reputation
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reputation
- /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
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”)
noun reputations
- What somebody or something is known for. The new manager has a reputation for being a stickler for details.
