Meaning

2 senses

  1. To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.

  2. To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something

More definitions
  • look on as or consider

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Yanni frequented girls of ill repute.

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  2. He was reputed to be a genius.

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  3. Fadil was a man of ill repute.

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  4. Sami was a man of ill repute.

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  5. He who possesses nothing is reputed nothing.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, th

From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).

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Forms

reputes, reputing, reputed, reputed
Base formrepute · to repute
3rd person singularreputes
Present participlereputing
Past simplereputed
Past participlereputed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrepute
he, she, itreputes

Past simpleLesson

all personsreputed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reputed
he, she, ithas reputed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill repute

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Word family

5 related words
Relatedreputation
Derivedreputelessmisreputereputabilityreputee

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
repulsiverepurposereputablereputationB1requestB1requiemrequireB1
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