reputed

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re·put·ed

(rĭ-pyo͞o′tĭd)

adj.

Generally supposed to be such: the reputed author of the article.

re·put′ed·ly adv.

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reputed

(rɪˈpjuːtɪd)

adj

(prenominal) generally reckoned or considered; supposed or alleged: he is the reputed writer of a number of romantic poems.

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re•put•ed

(rɪˈpyu tɪd)

adj.

reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.

[1540–50]

re•put′ed•ly, adv.

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reputed

adjective

1. supposed, said, seeming, held, believed, thought, considered, accounted, regarded, estimated, alleged, reckoned, rumoured, deemed a man reputed to be in his nineties

2. apparent, supposed, putative, ostensible They booked the ballroom for a reputed $15,000 last year.

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reputed

adjective

Assumed to be such:

putative, supposed.

Translations

مَحْسوب أنَّه، له سُمْعَه أنَّه

považovaný

réputé

sagîur, talinn

ritenuto

ansett for å være

považovaný

znan

söylenir

号称的驰名的

reputed

[rɪˈpjuːtɪd] ADJ

1. (= supposed) → supuesto, presunto

2. (= well known) → renombrado

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reputed

[rɪˈpjuːtɪd] adj → réputé(e)
to be reputed to be sth → être réputé(e) pour être qch
She is reputed to be rich → Elle est réputée pour être riche.
BUT On dit qu'elle est riche.

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reputed

adj → angenommen; the reputed father (Jur) → der vermutliche Vater

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reputed

[rɪˈpjuːtɪd] adj → reputato/a
to be reputed to be rich/intelligent → essere ritenuto/a ricco/a/intelligente

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reputation

(repjuˈteiʃən) noun

the opinion which people in general have about a person etc, a persons's abilities etc. That firm has a good/bad reputation; He has made a reputation for himself as an expert in computers; He has the reputation of being difficult to please; The scandal damaged his reputation.

ˈreputable adjective

respectable; well thought of. Is that a reputable firm?

reputed (riˈpjuːtid) adjective

generally reported and believed. He is reputed to be very wealthy.

live up to one's reputation

to behave or do as people expect one to.

reputed

a. reputado-a, distinguido-a, de buena fama.

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A CERTAIN rich man reared a Goose and a Swan, the one for his table, the other because she was reputed a good singer.

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But yet he was reputed one of the wise men, that made answer to the question, when a man should marry, - A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.

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not for the sake of justice, but for the sake of character and reputation; in the hope of obtaining for him who is reputed just some of those offices, marriages, and the like which Glaucon has enumerated among the advantages accruing to the unjust from the reputation of justice.

But about the wicked there is another strain; they bury them in a slough in Hades, and make them carry water in a sieve; also while they are yet living they bring them to infamy, and inflict upon them the punishments which Glaucon described as the portion of the just who are reputed to be unjust; nothing else does their invention supply.

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Besides, this idea of Jonah's weathering the Cape of Good Hope at so early a day would wrest the honor of the discovery of that great headland from Bartholomew Diaz, its reputed discoverer, and so make modern history a liar.

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The doctor, however, had much the larger share of learning, and was by many reputed to have the better understanding.

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De Vac had been born in Paris, the son of a French officer reputed the best swordsman in France.

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We were on our way to the reputed houses of Judas and Ananias.

We traversed the street called Straight a good way, and then turned off and called at the reputed house of Ananias.

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A plan is underway to launch an education TV channel, Shikkha TV, to air all the good classes of good teachers of reputed educational institutions, taking the benefits to rural students.

Plan underway to launch Shikkha TV

Banks R&L Hiring was formed in 1999 by the merger of two reputed companies Hiring Supply Banks and R & L Hiring.