What does fame mean?
Definitions for fame
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Princeton's WordNet
fame, celebrity, renownnoun
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
famenoun
favorable public reputation
Wiktionary
famenoun
What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
famenoun
The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.
fameverb
to make (someone or something) famous
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FAMEnoun
Etymology: fama, Latin; ϕαμα, Dorick.
The house to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. 1 Chro. xxii. 5.
The desire of fame will not suffer endowments to lie useless. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
What is this fame, for which we thoughts employ,
The owner’s wife, which other men enjoy? Alexander Pope.We have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt. Jos. ix. 9.
I shall shew what are true fames. Francis Bacon.
Wikipedia
Fame
Fame is a song recorded by David Bowie, initially released in 1975. Written by Bowie, Carlos Alomar and John Lennon, it was a hit in North America, becoming Bowie's first number 1 single in the Canadian Singles Chart as well as the U. S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was one of the more successful singles of the year, ranking at number 7 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. It was less successful in Europe, reaching number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. The song is one of four of Bowie's songs to be included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
ChatGPT
fame
Fame is the state of being widely recognized and acknowledged by many people for one's achievements, skills, talents, or contributions in a particular field. This recognition often results in widespread attention and notoriety, across nations or globally.
Webster Dictionary
Famenoun
public report or rumor
Famenoun
report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington
Fameverb
to report widely or honorably
Fameverb
to make famous or renowned
Wikidata
Fame
"Fame" is a song recorded by David Bowie, initially released in 1975. It reached Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of 20 September 1975.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fame
fām, n. public report or rumour: renown or celebrity, chiefly in good sense.—v.t. to report: to make famous.—n. Fā′ma, report, rumour, fame.—adjs. Famed, renowned; Fame′less, without renown.—Fama clamosa (Scot.), any notorious rumour ascribing immoral conduct to a minister or office-bearer in a church.—House of ill fame, a brothel. [Fr.,—L. fama, from fāri, to speak; cog. with Gr. phēmē, from phanai, to say.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
fame
To have your name paged by the "buttons" of a fashionable hotel.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
FAME
Having a brand of cigars named after you.
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Mythology
Fame
was a poetical deity, represented as having wings and blowing a trumpet. A temple was dedicated to her by the Romans.
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Rank popularity for the word 'fame' in Nouns Frequency: #2696
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fame in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fame in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of fame in a Sentence
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller:
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
The fame of good men?s actions seldom goes beyond their own doors, but their evil deeds are carried a thousand miles? distance.
This is an immense honor, to not only take part in bringing women to the forefront of this sport, but now the UFC Hall of Fame, may I be the first of many.
Very distasteful is excessive fame To the sour palate of the envious mind, Who hears with grief his neighbours good by name, And hates the fortune that he ne?er shall find.
I hate the miser, whose unsocial breast Locks from the world his useless stores. Wealth by the bounteous only is enjoyed, Whose treasures, in diffusive good employed, The rich return of fame and friends procure, And ?gainst a sad reverse a safe retreat secure.
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- شهرةArabic
- славаBelarusian
- известност, славаBulgarian
- famaCatalan, Valencian
- věhlas, sláva, proslulostCzech
- berømmelseDanish
- RuhmGerman
- δόξα, φήμηGreek
- famoEsperanto
- famaSpanish
- شهرتPersian
- kuuluisuus, maineFinnish
- gloireFrench
- clúIrish
- cliùScottish Gaelic
- famaGalician
- ard-ennymManx
- מוֹנִיטִיןHebrew
- प्रसिद्धिHindi
- ketenaranIndonesian
- frægðIcelandic
- famaItalian
- 有名, 名声Japanese
- fāmaLatin
- slavaLatvian
- славаMacedonian
- bekendheidDutch
- sławaPolish
- famaPortuguese
- faimăRomanian
- известность, славаRussian
- слава, slavaSerbo-Croatian
- slávaSlovak
- slavaSlovene
- berömmelse, kändisskapSwedish
- fora, umaarufuSwahili
- şan, ün, şöhretTurkish
- відомість, славаUkrainian
- شہرتUrdu
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