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单词 repute
释义

repute

[ ri-pyoot ]
/ rɪˈpyut /
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noun

estimation in the view of others; reputation: persons of good repute.
favorable reputation; good name; public respect.

verb (used with object), re·put·ed, re·put·ing.

to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive): He was reputed to be a millionaire.

Origin of repute

1400–50; late Middle English reputen (v.) <Middle French reputer<Latin reputāre to compute, consider, equivalent to re-re- + putāre to think

SYNONYMS FOR repute

2 distinction, honor.
3 hold, deem, reckon.
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ANTONYMS FOR repute

2 dishonor.
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synonym study for repute

2. See credit.

Words nearby repute

repurchase, repurchase agreement, repurpose, reputable, reputation, repute, reputed, reputedly, req., request, request stop
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British Dictionary definitions for repute

repute
/ (rɪˈpjuːt) /

verb

(tr; usually passive) to consider (a person or thing) to be as specifiedhe is reputed to be intelligent

noun

public estimation; reputationa writer of little repute

Word Origin for repute

C15: from Old French reputer, from Latin reputāre to think over, from re- + putāre to think
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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