reputation

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It grew in size and reputation, and soon I learned that a reputation is about the worst thing that a watermelon can acquire while it is on the vine.

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  1. noun The general estimation in which a person is held by the public.
  2. noun The state or situation of being held in high esteem.
  3. noun A specific characteristic or trait ascribed to a person or thing: a reputation for courtesy.

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  • I am sick of hearing people talking about how bad our reputation is abroad. —  California Literary Review
  • And, since your reputation is a scarce good (often one of the most important in any business model), there is strong social pressure to stop any such copying. —  Techdirt
  • Creston should strongly encourage this because their reputation is also being hurt by the negative publicity and reaction of existing and future customers. —  CE Pro Recently Filed
  • What earned Ramirez the reputation was his -19 run performance in 2007, but getting granular once more shows an interesting tell. —  Comments for FanGraphs Baseball
  • Seeing that his reputation is already rotten to the core, he got nothing more to lose if he continues to flipflop in his promises but honestly, I still prefer he stays longer for the obvious reasons hehehehhhehehehehehhe.
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fame ·  talent ·  success ·  career ·  honor ·  fortune ·  merit ·  achievement ·  dignity ·  distinction ·  capacity ·  credit

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reputation:   reputations
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English reputacioun, from Latin reputātiō, reputātiōn-, a reckoning, from reputātus, past participle of reputāre, to reckon, think over; see repute.

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  1. from Middle English reputation, reputacioun, from Old French reputation, French réputation =Provencal reputatio =Spanish reputacion =Portuguese reputação =Italian reputazione, riputazione., from Latin reputatio (n-), a reckoning, a pondering, estimation, fame, from reputare, past participle reputatus, reckon, count over, compute: see repute.
 

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/rɛpjuˈteɪʃən/
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