Meaning

(now rare) Something said or reported; gossip, rumour..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now rare) Something said or reported; gossip, rumour.
2. One's reputation.
3. The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.
4. (transitive) to make (someone or something) famous

Example Sentences

There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].

If the accused could produce a specified number of honest neighbours to swear publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.

I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.

I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.

Word Forms

• fames
• faming
• famed

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Use fame when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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