reputation Noun
( en noun)
What somebody is known for.
* {{quote-book
, year=1529
, author=John Frith
, by=
, title=A pistle to the Christen reader. The Revelation of Antichrist: Antithesis,
citation
, chapter=
, isbn=
, publisher=Luft [i.e. Hoochstraten]
, location=
, editor=
, volume_plain=
, page=117
, passage=And Balaam (or as the trueth of the hebrewe hath Bileam) doth signifie the people of no reputation / or the vayne people or they that are not counted for people.
}}
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.
Synonyms
* name
Derived terms
* reputational
Related terms
* repute
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legacy English
Noun
( legacies)
(legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will
Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage
- left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
The descendant of an alumnus
- Because she was a legacy , her mother's sorority rushed her.
Adjective
( head)
(computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain
left behind; old or no longer in active use
- They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data.
- ''A legacy number or legacy identifier means a number no longer in use (for a document, for example)."
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