reputation

«reputation» in Mova's school dictionary: what people generally think about someone or something… — 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 (a reputation, reputations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A reputation is what people generally think about someone or something, based on what they have done in the past. tree →

2) A reputation for something means being known for it, good or bad. tree →

sense in the lessons

In ethics, stories and adult life, a good reputation takes years to build and can be lost quickly; lying and cheating damage reputation. Schools, shops and companies care about their reputation. In stories, a character «with a reputation» is known for something, often bad. Phrases: «a good reputation», «a reputation for», «damage your reputation», «live up to your reputation».

examples

• The bakery has a reputation for the best bread in town. tree →
• Cheating would ruin his reputation. tree →
• She has a reputation for being fair and kind. tree →
• The school has an excellent reputation. tree →
• The old house had a reputation for being haunted. tree →
• It takes years to build a good reputation and seconds to lose it. tree →
• They added nothing to his reputation. tree →

note

Countable: a reputation, reputations. Related: «reputable» (trusted), «disreputable» (not trusted). Trap: a reputation is people's opinion, which may be wrong; it is not the same as a person's real character.

In the corpora

• A reputation is what people think you are like.
• A reputation can grow from one small moment repeated as «always»; one bad week is not a whole reputation.
• A bad reputation can arrive before you, but it can be changed day by day.

Trees and pragmatics

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