renown
noun/rɪˈnaʊn/
/rɪˈnaʊn/
[uncountable] (formal)- the state of being famous and receiving respect because of something you have done that people admire
- He won renown as a fair judge.
- a pianist of some/international/great renown
- A number of our past students have achieved political renown.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRenown is used after these nouns:- world
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French renoun, from Old French renomer ‘make famous’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + nomer ‘to name’, from Latin nominare.
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