reputation English · revision 4985

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1375|origins=la reputatio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌrep.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|reputacioun]], [[bor|fro|reputacion]] and directly from [[la|reputātiō|t=a reckoning, consideration]],^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from reputāre “to think over, reckon”,^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from re- and putāre “to judge, suppose”, originally “to prune”,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*pau-|t=to cut, strike]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[repute]], [[compute]] and [[dispute]].^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Credit, good reputation, esteem: the mid-14th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) about 1375 in the OED in the phrase ''of reputation''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense, opinion or estimation, good or bad, is from the late 14th century (about 1380 in the OED),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the Shorter Oxford dates the general estimate of a person's character to late Middle English.^(SOED 2002) Opinion or supposition in general is obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) Phrases such as ''of great reputation'' and ''in no reputation'' are from about 1386 to 1413.^(OED 1989) The related noun ''repute'' had the neutral sense from the 16th century and the favourable one from the 17th.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1375 – esteem, ''of reputation''.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1380 – opinion.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1413 – ''of great reputation''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The opinion that people generally have of someone or something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A high opinion; [[fame]] or [[respect]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A particular quality that someone or something is known for: ''a reputation for honesty''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reputational]]

+ * [[demirep]]

+ * [[disreputation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[repute]]

+ * [[compute]]

+ * [[dispute]]

+ * [[putative]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}