Word a Day
fame
What does fame mean?
fame (noun): the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce fame?
/feɪm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fame come from?
From Middle English fame, from Old French fame (“celebrity, renown”), itself borrowed from Latin fāma (“talk, rumor, report, reputation”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of fame?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “fame”?
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What does “fame” mean?
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
Right! That's what “fame” means.
the aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded
Not quite: that's what history means.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
Not quite: that's what friend means.
information about current events disseminated by the media
Not quite: that's what news means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “fame”?
celebrity
Right!
community
Not quite: community means something else.
committee
Not quite: committee means something else.
character
Not quite: character means something else.
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