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Definitions for renowned
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Princeton's WordNet

  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

  1. renownedadjective

    Famous, celebrated, or well-known.

    a world-renowned flautist

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  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.

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  1. renowned

    Renowned refers to being widely acclaimed or highly honored for a particular skill, talent, or achievement. It describes someone or something that is well-known, recognized, and respected by many people.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Renownedadjective

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

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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. 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, at Michelin, he showed his capacity to succeed at the head of a large, industrial company, and he has an idea of the social responsibilities of a company to which I am strongly attached.

  2. Godwin Obaseki:

    There is an ongoing dialogue between the palace of the Oba of Benin and some renowned museums in the world.

  3. 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.

  4. Ian Kelleher:

    It’s a fantastic automobile that transcends art, pop culture and social movements and is as groundbreaking and stunning as the renowned singer was herself.

  5. 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.

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