Definition of renown
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Examples of renown in a Sentence
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
Recent Examples of renown from the Web
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On the other hand, Kupferberg is the site of a more reliable and, indeed, convivial resource: Kupferberg Gold, a beer of regional renown.
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The Museo Nacional del Prado is the most famous of Madrid’s museums, up there in world renown with the Louvre in Paris and the Uffizi in Florence.
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Kathryn Stripling Byer, North Carolina’s first female poet laureate and an author of national renown, has died.
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After her husband was elected the president of the United States, Melania’s birthplace built a mini-tourism industry on top of their newfound renown, reports N.P.R. One of many walking tours is five hours and costs $90 for two people.
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Where NOLA Eats features will tell the stories of like-minded businesses that deserve to rise above their local renown.
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The fourth-graders have gained renown for elaborate pranks pulled at Jerome Horwitz Elementary (the birth name of Curly from the Three Stooges).
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One hundred years ago, the sleepy agricultural town of Fátima in Portugal’s Centro region skyrocketed to international renown when three children reported seeing an apparition of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
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Origin and Etymology of renown
Middle English renoun, from Anglo-French renum, renoun, from renomer to report, speak of, from re- + nomer to name, from Latin nominare, from nomin-, nomen name — more at name
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Definition of renown
transitive verb
: to give renown to
Recent Examples of renown from the Web
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The Root Chairman Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose genealogy work is world-renowned, sits on its national advisory board.
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Some of the areas most in favor of leaving the bloc in the 2016 vote were coastal towns once renowned for their fishing fleets.
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Three years in, the industry purges have sparked mass layoffs, hollowing out companies that were once world-renowned.
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But even when universities select figures renowned for their dedication to peace, their choices are not exempt from scrutiny.
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Daddy was a statistician renowned in his field of probability theory, and in 1975, Florida State University offered him a teaching position.
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But the hourlong show showcased only six contestants (including the night’s high scorers, Les Twins, a Parisian hip-hop duo renowned as backup dancers of choice to Beyonce).
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Renowned for both its beauty and its pivotal role in the founding of the United States, the 315-mile Hudson River became the poster child for the nation's polluted waterways in the 1970s.
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Blink-182 are renowned for yukking it up on stage about farts and other fourth grade topics.
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First Known Use of renown
15th century
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: the state of being widely and favorably known
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