Fame
noun
The condition of being known or talked about by many people especially because of remarkable achievements.
His fame spread all over the world after he won the Nobel Prize.
Often appears as...
- international fame
- fame and fortune
verb
Make (someone) famous.
The event that famed him was his extraordinary speech at the United Nations.
Often appears as...
- famed for
- famed as
noun
The condition of being known or talked about by many people especially because of remarkable achievements.
His fame spread all over the world after he won the Nobel Prize.
Often appears as...
- international fame
- fame and fortune
verb
Make (someone) famous.
The event that famed him was his extraordinary speech at the United Nations.
Often appears as...
- famed for
- famed as
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Achievement Link
Often associated with positive accomplishments that get public attention.
Her invention brought her fame and recognition as a scientist.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Can sometimes relate to negative actions that receive widespread notice.
The hacker gained fame for the high-profile cyber attack.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
The word can suggest different levels of renown, from local to global.
The local hero rose to fame within his community.
Pro Tip 1/3Achievement Link
Often associated with positive accomplishments that get public attention.
Her invention brought her fame and recognition as a scientist.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Can sometimes relate to negative actions that receive widespread notice.
The hacker gained fame for the high-profile cyber attack.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
The word can suggest different levels of renown, from local to global.
The local hero rose to fame within his community.
Pro Tip 1/3Achievement Link
Often associated with positive accomplishments that get public attention.
Her invention brought her fame and recognition as a scientist.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Can sometimes relate to negative actions that receive widespread notice.
The hacker gained fame for the high-profile cyber attack.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
The word can suggest different levels of renown, from local to global.
The local hero rose to fame within his community.
Compare with
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
sometimes, guys, they die on the vine with all of that talent, and one of the things we've had, all of us, is fame -- I think the best kind of fame, because you can take it off. I've been all around the world, and there will be a thousand kids crying out your name, and it's such a weird, visceral experience. It's like, it's disorienting.
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Success, failure and the...
of fame and recognition and praise. And one of these fates is objectively seen by the world as bad, and the other one is objectively seen by the world as good, but your subconscious is completely incapable of discerning the difference between bad and good. The only thing that it is capable of feeling
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
This is what they're most famed for. They have this luminous lure that hangs over the top of their head, which is really characteristic and it's basically this fleshy lump which has lots of bacteria in it, which is able to illuminate and then that attracts in all their prey and they're able to
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The breathtaking courage...
There she told the “I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and I can say what many others cannot. I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.” As her fame grew, various friends and allies helped her in the fight
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Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...
This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health, and paved the way for Rome's famed bath houses.
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The impact of Simón...
brother joined a band of aristocrats seeking independence from Spain when his brother died in a shipwreck Bolivar went on to invest the whole family fortune in the revolution and as his fame grew he was asked to help revolutions as far
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Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...
Totally predictable. And you don't want to be like that. You need to enter every conversation assuming that you have something to learn. The famed therapist M. Scott Peck said that true listening requires a setting aside of oneself.
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Robert Waldinger: What...
Just like the millennials in that recent survey, many of our men when they were starting out as young adults really believed that fame and wealth and high achievement were what they needed to go after to have a good life.
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The transformative power...
who are we being as we go back out into the world? And you know, I have a definition of success. For me, it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.
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Yellow Crazy Ants Kill...
it's an event this has brought the island worldwide fame
Video examples
Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
sometimes, guys, they die on the vine with all of that talent, and one of the things we've had, all of us, is fame -- I think the best kind of fame, because you can take it off. I've been all around the world, and there will be a thousand kids crying out your name, and it's such a weird, visceral experience. It's like, it's disorienting.
Video examples
Success, failure and the...
of fame and recognition and praise. And one of these fates is objectively seen by the world as bad, and the other one is objectively seen by the world as good, but your subconscious is completely incapable of discerning the difference between bad and good. The only thing that it is capable of feeling
Video examples
Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
This is what they're most famed for. They have this luminous lure that hangs over the top of their head, which is really characteristic and it's basically this fleshy lump which has lots of bacteria in it, which is able to illuminate and then that attracts in all their prey and they're able to
Video examples
The breathtaking courage...
There she told the “I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and I can say what many others cannot. I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.” As her fame grew, various friends and allies helped her in the fight
Video examples
Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...
This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health, and paved the way for Rome's famed bath houses.
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
brother joined a band of aristocrats seeking independence from Spain when his brother died in a shipwreck Bolivar went on to invest the whole family fortune in the revolution and as his fame grew he was asked to help revolutions as far
Video examples
Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...
Totally predictable. And you don't want to be like that. You need to enter every conversation assuming that you have something to learn. The famed therapist M. Scott Peck said that true listening requires a setting aside of oneself.
Video examples
Robert Waldinger: What...
Just like the millennials in that recent survey, many of our men when they were starting out as young adults really believed that fame and wealth and high achievement were what they needed to go after to have a good life.
Video examples
The transformative power...
who are we being as we go back out into the world? And you know, I have a definition of success. For me, it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.
Video examples
Yellow Crazy Ants Kill...
it's an event this has brought the island worldwide fame
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Quote examples
Rihanna
American Musician
There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that's protected by fame or success. It's scary, and it's the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.
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Eminem
American Rapper
You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough.
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Alice Walker
American Author
I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.
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Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Singer
The fame isn't important to me. It's a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.
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Dante Alighieri
Italian Poet
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Rihanna
American Musician
There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that's protected by fame or success. It's scary, and it's the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.
Quote examples
Eminem
American Rapper
You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.
Quote examples
Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.
Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.
Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.
Quote examples
Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Singer
The fame isn't important to me. It's a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.
Quote examples
Dante Alighieri
Italian Poet
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.
Quote examples
Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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