Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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Dorothy Hood, an adventurous Texan whose enthralling abstract paintings won her great renown in the Houston art world starting in the 1960s, had high expectations for herself.—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025 Meanwhile, the two young artists went on to greater renown.—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025 But that renown didn't prevent a case of mistaken identity seven years later, when an astronomer reported a sighting of the object as an asteroid.—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025 Hill acknowledges that despite Stewart’s renown, the project has not been an easy sell.—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for renown
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English renoun, from Anglo-French renum, renoun, from renomer to report, speak of, from re- + nomer to name, from Latin nominare, from nomin-, nomen name — more at name
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