Definitions for reputation
ˌrɛp yəˈteɪ ʃənrep·u·ta·tion

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

1. repute, reputation(noun)

   the state of being held in high esteem and honor

2. reputation(noun)

   notoriety for some particular characteristic

   "his reputation for promiscuity"

3. reputation, report(noun)

   the general estimation that the public has for a person

   "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. reputation(Noun)

   What somebody is known for.

Webster Dictionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Reputation(verb)

   the estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute

2. Reputation(verb)

   the character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case

3. Reputation(verb)

   specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name

4. Reputation(verb)

   account; value

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Reputation

   Reputation of a social entity is an opinion about that entity, typically a result of social evaluation on a set of criteria. It is important in business, education, online communities, and many other fields. Reputation may be considered as a component of identity as defined by others. Reputation is known to be a ubiquitous, spontaneous, and highly efficient mechanism of social control in natural societies. It is a subject of study in social, management and technological sciences. Its influence ranges from competitive settings, like markets, to cooperative ones, like firms, organisations, institutions and communities. Furthermore, reputation acts on different levels of agency, individual and supra-individual. At the supra-individual level, it concerns groups, communities, collectives and abstract social entities. It affects phenomena of different scales, from everyday life to relationships between nations. Reputation is a fundamental instrument of social order, based upon distributed, spontaneous social control.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Reputation

   rep-ū-tā′shun, n. state of being held in repute: estimation: character in public opinion: credit: fame.—adj. Rep′ūtable, in good repute: respectable: honourable: consistent with reputation.—n. Rep′ūtableness.—adv. Rep′ūtably.—adj. Rep′ūtātive, reputed: putative.—adv. Rep′ūtātively, by repute. [Fr.,—L. reputation-em, consideration—re-putāre, to think over.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. reputation

   A bubble which a man bursts when he tries to blow it for himself.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. REPUTATION

   A personal possession, frequently not discovered until lost.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reputation' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2695

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reputation' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4716

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reputation' in Nouns Frequency: #1129

How to pronounce reputation?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reputation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reputation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of reputation in a Sentence

1. John Norris:

   If Biden wins, Brainard is an obvious choice. She has a reputation as being someone who isn't afraid to push boundaries but also someone that conservatives could work with.

2. Epicurus:

   The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

3. Robert Graham:

   This hurts (Lenovo's) reputation, it demonstrates the deep flaw that the company neither knows nor cares what it bundles on their laptops.

4. Falwell Jr.:

   Other than God and my family, there is nothing in the world I love more than Liberty University, i am saddened that University officials, with whom I have shared so much success and enjoyed such positive relationships, jumped to conclusions about the claims made against my character, failed to properly investigate them, and then damaged my reputation following my forced resignation.

5. Paul Manafort:

   Once again, the New York Times has chosen to purposefully ignore facts and professional journalism to fit their political agenda, choosing to attack my character and reputation rather than present an honest report.

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