B2 the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour or character:
She has the reputation of being a good doctor.
He earned/established/gained/acquired a reputation as an entertaining speaker.
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- Recent discoveries about corruption have done serious damage to the company's reputation.
- The government's reputation has already been harmed by a series of scandals.
- The newspaper has a reputation for being littered with spelling mistakes.
- She has a reputation for open-mindedness and original thinking.
- Actors' reputations have been made and unmade on this London stage.
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