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# reputation

«reputation» in Mova's school dictionary: **what people generally think about someone or something…** — 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 (a reputation, reputations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A reputation is what people generally think about someone or something, based on what they have done in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#m1)

2) A reputation for something means being known for it, good or bad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics, stories and adult life, a good reputation takes years to build and can be lost quickly; lying and cheating damage reputation. Schools, shops and companies care about their reputation. In stories, a character «with a reputation» is known for something, often bad. Phrases: «a good reputation», «a reputation for», «damage your reputation», «live up to your reputation».

### examples

- The bakery has a reputation for the best bread in town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#x1)
- Cheating would ruin his reputation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#x2)
- She has a reputation for being fair and kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#x3)
- The school has an excellent reputation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#x4)
- The old house had a reputation for being haunted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#x5)
- It takes years to build a good reputation and seconds to lose it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#x6)
- They added nothing to his reputation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reputation/#x7)

### note

Countable: a reputation, reputations. Related: «reputable» (trusted), «disreputable» (not trusted). Trap: a reputation is people's opinion, which may be wrong; it is not the same as a person's real character.

### In the corpora

- [A reputation is what people think you are like.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/0/)
- [A reputation can grow from one small moment repeated as «always»; one bad week is not a whole reputation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/13/)
- [A bad reputation can arrive before you, but it can be changed day by day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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