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# repute

noun (repute, uncountable)

«repute» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x1)
- The inn was a place of ill repute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x2)
- By repute, the Wild Wood was dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x3)
- A family of high repute lived in the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x4)
- She knew him only by repute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x5)
- The shop has a repute for fair prices. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/#x7)

### Note

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

## In Jewish tradition

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

### Examples

- And yet, despite all the efforts of a large number of scholars of repute for more than a thousand years, the Sefer Yetzirah remains a sealed book. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repute/#x1)
- Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight? (Writings JOB.18.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repute/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «repute» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repute/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«repute» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/repute.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «repute» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repute/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«repute» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/repute.html) on Mova free.