Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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That renown may further expand during the East finals, when his Pacers renew their rivalry with the Knicks in front of a national audience.—John Hollinger, New York Times, 21 May 2025 All season, hospital executive director Joyce (Wendi McLendon-Covey) has gone to great lengths, often to the chagrin of her employees, to bring renown and resources to the Oregon hospital.—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025 However, successful alums highlight the sustainable renown that could be mirrored in the program's future.—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Later European aristocrats came to holiday; in the 1920s, Elizabeth von Arnim’s best-selling novel, Enchanted April, gave the burgeoning resort a widespread renown.—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for renown
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English renoun, from Anglo-French renum, renoun, from renomer to report, speak of, from re- + nomer to name, from Latin nominare, from nomin-, nomen name — more at name
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