Brucker Bears 4-5: reputation

Monday, September 24, 2012

reputation

(n) - A reputation is the opinion that people have about someone or something because of what has happened in the past.

Synonyms: fame, honor, influence, position, regard, character
Antonyms: disregard
Etymology: Late 14th Century Latin, from re- meaning "again" + putare meaning "to reckon, consider"
Morphology: repute, reputable
Example: Spiders, like the one Emma found in her yard, have a reputation for being scary killers...

4 comments:

Talented StudentSeptember 24, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Sophie,Grace,and Haley say,

We saw vigorous when we were looking through a thing were you find what color to paint a wall.
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Talented StudentSeptember 24, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Dylan N,says
I heard reputation on Phineas and Ferb when a bad guy saved a kitty which is bad for his bad reputation.
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Talented StudentOctober 3, 2012 at 8:38 PM
Greta says,
I was whatching Good luck Charlie and bob said reputation and when I heard that I was incredulous!
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MMorganOctober 7, 2012 at 7:23 PM
Greta says,
I was watching Sweet Life of Zach and Cody and they said reputation.
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