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renown

English

Etymology

From Old French renon, from re- + non (name)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???na?n/
  • Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

renown (usually uncountable, plural renowns)

  1. Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
      There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown.
    • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, New York: Viking, Chapter Three, p. 63,[1]
      [...] one day local fame would become world renown [...]
  2. (obsolete) Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.
    • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,[2]
      [...] She
      Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan,
      Of whom so often I have heard renown,
      But never saw before;

Translations

See also

  • renowned

Verb

renown (third-person singular simple present renowns, present participle renowning, simple past and past participle renowned)

  1. (transitive) To make famous.

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preeminence

English

Alternative forms

  • pre-eminence
  • preëminence

Noun

preeminence (countable and uncountable, plural preeminences)

  1. The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
  2. High importance; superiority.

Translations

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