noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Hall of Fame
sb’s fame/reputation spreads
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Their musical fame has spread far beyond their native country.
sb’s rise to fame
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Her success in the film ensured a rapid rise to fame.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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This is noted of all. Great fame is spread of the matter.
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In the Thirties and Forties, the period of his greatest fame , he lightened and enriched his palette.
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She said that babies born in a caul were born to great fame or great misfortune, certainly something special.
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Even in the years of his greatest fame , he continued with the routine business of publishing.
international
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Michael Langford achieved international fame with his daring coverage of the Indochina war, both on film and in still pictures.
national
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Each is steeped in interesting history and has at least one claim to national fame .
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Her greatest compliment came in 1900 when she was accorded the title of Christmas-card Laureate which earned her national fame .
worldwide
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Industry sources say he is now storming the gates of the international music establishment in search of worldwide fame .
■ VERB
achieve
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Jason Purvis, the starving beachcomber and would-be great novelist who at last did achieve a kind of fame .
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She is the first member of our class to achieve fame .
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Before his fight with Fitzmaurice took place, Burke achieved fame in entirely different circumstances.
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He achieved campus-wide fame as the Phantom Poet.
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They've achieved fame all over the world and have become synonymous with Oxford.
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Michael Langford achieved international fame with his daring coverage of the Indochina war, both on film and in still pictures.
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You've achieved a certain fame , but it won't last long unless you keep it going.
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Connie's garden has achieved considerable fame in recent years and has appeared in a number of books.
bring
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A stream of scientific papers began to bring fame but not fortune.
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He believed this gig would bring him the fame , fortune and acceptance he craved.
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But it could not do without its law students who brought business and fame and brilliance to the town.
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His travels and publishing efforts brought fame , and in 1880 fame brought him a bishopric.
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A by-product of cheesemaking on farms led to another product which was to bring fame to the name of Ayrshire.
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Though his input has been enormous, he is modest about the extent to which it has brought him fame .
claim
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But since the release of Chocolat, Dijon has another, slightly unusual, claim to fame too.
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Everyone seems to want to get into television to claim their share of fame and fortune.
earn
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Her greatest compliment came in 1900 when she was accorded the title of Christmas-card Laureate which earned her national fame .
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The younger generations of Tenants still earn their share of fame and, unfortunately, notoriety.
enjoy
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The retired Everton Football Club salesman has keenly followed the campaign and thoroughly enjoys finding a little fame at 70.
find
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In the 1980s, Stevens found fame and the album was re-released and eventually sold more than 100,000 copies.
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Her dresses and jumpers have found more fame , All those years wasted - such a shame.
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She found fame again due to her prowess at sewing a fine seam.
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Because their climb to success has not been an overnight one, the boys find fame easy to handle.
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Amy Johnson was a Hull girl who found fame as a pilot in the early days of aviation.
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After many years of modest living and involvement in tennis Higueras has found new fame .
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Now some of them could find fame closer to home.
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Private Enterprise by Richard Smith Ferdie finds fame after years in background.
gain
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He gained no instant parliamentary fame although he was a useful back-bencher.
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Io was not the only girl who gained geographical fame be-cause Zeus fell in love with her.
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He gained fame from his later still-life works.
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Camilli, 89, was a San Francisco lad who gained fame as a slugging first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
rise
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Henry rose to fame on his own.
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After starting out in vaudeville shows, Burns rose to fame with his wife in radio and television programs.
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Marinello rose to fame on the back of one of Hibernian's greatest eras.
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She was, in fact, Bessie Cohen, who later rose to fame as a music hall soloist.
win
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Roy won fame in 1954 when he signed for Tiger comic and starred in his own publication from 1976.
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Only a few won any lasting fame .
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Growing older, learning to conquer his diffidence as he wins fame and fortune, still Hornblower does not change.
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In the red light district he won his fame .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
What price fame/glory etc?
be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc
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By the 1860's, when he was at the height of his fame, tragedy struck as he took increasingly to drink.
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However, in 1985 he was at the height of his fame as a novelist.
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Outwardly, the Cowboys appear to be at the height of their powers.
catapult sb to fame/stardom etc
sb's/sth's claim to fame
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Lane is a Broadway actor whose main claim to fame was his role as the voice of Timon in "The Lion King."
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But their true calling, and claim to fame, is medicine.
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His main claim to fame was that he made the Chiquita guitar that Billy Gibbons endorsed about ten, fifteen years ago.
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It's a small, ordinary little village, its only claim to fame the castle, and the burial mounds.
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It has no present claim to fame and its longest guidebook entry are the words in Domesday.
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On this fact rests Blackpool's claim to fame.
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That is his principal claim to fame.
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Unlike the chocolate of the film, this is the village's claim to fame.
shoot to fame/stardom/prominence
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In 1929 she shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel Coward play.
ticket to success/fame/stardom etc
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All too often large advances can seem like a ticket to stardom.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At the height of his fame , it is estimated that 500 million people watched his show.
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He never really achieved the fame and fortune he dreamed of.
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She came to Hollywood in search of fame .
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The book is about Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde fame .
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The novel's main character has a choice between fame and love.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame .
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Great fame is spread of the matter.
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I take all that fame with a pinch of salt.
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In the 1980s, Stevens found fame and the album was re-released and eventually sold more than 100,000 copies.
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Only a few won any lasting fame .
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So this was what fame is like!
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The prizes in fame and funding are substantial and attractive.