fame

«fame» in Mova's school dictionary: being known about and talked about by very many people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (fame, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Fame is being known about and talked about by very many people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and stories people win fame for great deeds; in everyday life film stars, singers and footballers have fame. In ethics lessons pupils discuss whether fame makes people happy. Phrases: «rise to fame», «find fame», «fame and fortune», «claim to fame», «hall of fame».

examples

• She found fame as a singer. tree →
• Fame and fortune do not always bring happiness. tree →
• The footballer's rise to fame was very fast. tree →
• My town's claim to fame is a giant pumpkin. tree →
• His fame spread across the country. tree →
• The scientist did not want fame; she wanted to help people. tree →
• Our school has a hall of fame for top readers. tree →
• “Fame, fame, that glittering bauble, it is mine,” he cried. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural. Adjective: famous; infamous means famous for something bad. «Claim to fame» is an idiom for the one thing someone or something is known for.

In the corpora

• So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
• They shall utter the fame of Thy great goodness, and shall sing of Thy righteousness.
• And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fame» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.