[U] (formal) fame and respect because of sth 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.
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for renown is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is renown a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, renown is tagged as noun.
Does renown appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — renown appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
