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Renown

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ɹɪˈnaʊn

Definitions

  1. Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
  2. Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.

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Examples

She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]”
And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: […]”
“[…] Nor envy we / Thy great Renown, nor grudge thy Victory; / 'Tis thine, O King, th' Afflicted to redreſs, / And Fame has fill'd the World with thy Succeſs; […]”
There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown.”
“[…] one day local fame would become world renown […]”
“[…] She / Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown, / But never saw before;”

CEFR level

C2
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