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# fame

«fame» in Mova's school dictionary: **being known about and talked about by very many people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fame, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Fame is being known about and talked about by very many people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history and stories people win fame for great deeds; in everyday life film stars, singers and footballers have fame. In ethics lessons pupils discuss whether fame makes people happy. Phrases: «rise to fame», «find fame», «fame and fortune», «claim to fame», «hall of fame».

### examples

- She found fame as a singer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#x1)
- Fame and fortune do not always bring happiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#x2)
- The footballer's rise to fame was very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#x3)
- My town's claim to fame is a giant pumpkin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#x4)
- His fame spread across the country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#x5)
- The scientist did not want fame; she wanted to help people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#x6)
- Our school has a hall of fame for top readers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#x7)
- “Fame, fame, that glittering bauble, it is mine,” he cried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: no plural. Adjective: famous; infamous means famous for something bad. «Claim to fame» is an idiom for the one thing someone or something is known for.

### In the corpora

- [So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.127/)
- [They shall utter the fame of Thy great goodness, and shall sing of Thy righteousness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2622/)
- [And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.592/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fame» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fame/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.