Definitions for renowned
rɪˈnaʊndrenowned

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renownedadjective

   widely known and esteemed

   "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. renownedadjective

   Famous, celebrated, or well-known.

   a world-renowned flautist

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Renownedparticip. adj.

   Famous; celebrated; eminent; famed.

   Etymology: from renown.

   These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes, heads of thousands. Num. i. 16.

   That thrice renowned and learned French king, finding Petrarch’s tomb without any inscription, wrote one himself; saying, shame it was, that he who sung his mistress’s praise seven years before her death, should twelve years want an epitaph. Henry Peacham, on Poetry.

   The rest were long to tell, though far renown’d. John Milton.

   Of all the cities in Romanian lands,
   The chief and most renown’d Ravenna stands,
   Adorn’d in ancient times with arms and arts. Dryden.

   Ilva,
   An isle renown’d for steel and unexhausted mines. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Renownedadjective

   famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king

How to pronounce renowned?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of renowned in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of renowned in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of renowned in a Sentence

1. Kurri Kupec:

   Neomi Rao is a renowned constitutional and administrative law expert. That is why the President nominated Neomi Rao to the D.C. Circuit. The views Neomi Rao expressed a quarter century ago as a college student writing for her student newspaper were intentionally provocative, designed to raise questions and push back against liberal elitism that dominated Neomi Rao campus at the time, more than two decades later, Neomi Rao views can be found in Neomi Rao numerous academic articles and speeches. We are confident Neomi Rao will make an exemplary judge on the D.C Circuit.

2. Bruno Le Maire:

   The French state, as shareholder, will have its say. What I can tell you, is that Jean-Dominique Senard has a renowned competence with regards to the automobile industry.

3. Executive James Sutherland:

   Our thanks go to Channel Nine, who for more than 40 years has broadcast international cricket at a world-renowned standard – and in so doing has done more to promote our sport than any organisation in Australian cricket history.

4. Patrick MacRoy:

   New York’s prevention program is renowned, so the fact it still has pockets like these shows how challenging this issue is on a national scale.

5. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   LaGuardia is slow. It's dated. It is a terrible front door entranceway, we are transforming LaGuardia into a globally-renowned, 21st century airport that is worthy of the city and state of New York.

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