fame

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/feɪm/

noun 3verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

considerable, great

She achieved considerable fame as a singer after winning the talent competition.

widespread | local | national

international, world/worldwide

The young musician achieved worldwide fame after winning the competition last year.

lasting, undying | brief | instant, sudden | new-found

posthumous

The artist only received posthumous fame after her paintings were discovered decades after her death.

VERB + FAME

enjoy

The movie star enjoyed international fame after winning the major award.

achieve, come to, find, gain, rise to, shoot to, win

The young musician gained fame after her song went viral on social media.

bring sb, earn sb

The young singer's viral video earned her instant fame on social media.

seek

FAME + VERB

rest on sth

His fame rests on the remarkable football skills he showed during his teenage years.

come to sb

Fame came to her suddenly after she won the national singing competition.

grow, spread

His popularity grew after he won the competition on television.

PHRASES

at the height of sb/sth's fame

The actress decided to retire at the height of her fame, shocking the entertainment industry.

sb/sth's (chief/main/only) claim to fame

His only claim to fame was winning a local cooking competition twenty years ago.

fame and fortune

Many young actors dream of achieving fame and fortune in Hollywood.

a/sb's rise to fame

Definitions

noun

Something said or reported; gossip, rumour.

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.

One's reputation.

The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.

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.

verb

to make (someone or something) famous

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

claim to fame

That for which one has bragging rights; one’s reason for being well-known or famous.

Her only claim to fame is being married to a socialite.

15 minutes of fame

A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.

[…] Paula [Jones] was, even to her lawyers, a loose cannon—as prepared to risk her marriage and her well-being to get the president to confess his original sin as she was intent on

house of ill fame

A brothel

Thirty men were arrested July 26 and charged with "open and gross lewdness" in an early-morning vice squad raid on the Quagmire bar basement. Police also arrested the bar's manager

Example Bank

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 […].

Wiktionary

I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.

Wiktionary

Despite adversity, the ingenious man achieved worldwide fame.

Tatoeba · #19888

Despite adversity, the architect achieved worldwide fame.

Tatoeba · #19889

Tolstoy achieved worldwide fame.

Tatoeba · #36889

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, fame is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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