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# repute

«repute» in Mova's school dictionary: **What people generally think of someone or something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (repute, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) What people generally think of someone or something; reputation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Phrases: «of good repute», «of ill repute» (with a bad name), «by repute».

### examples

- He was a doctor of good repute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x1)
- The inn was a place of ill repute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x2)
- By repute, the Wild Wood was dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x3)
- A family of high repute lived in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x4)
- She knew him only by repute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x5)
- The shop has a repute for fair prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x6)
- The most famous of these institutions was the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, which was held in general repute all over the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday word: reputation. Adjective: reputed (said to be).

### In the corpora

- [Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.447/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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