fame /feɪm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ famed , ↑ famous , ↑ infamous ; adverb : ↑ famously , ↑ infamously ; noun : ↑ fame ]
[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin fama 'report, fame' ]
the state of being known about by a lot of people because of your achievements:
He claims he is not really interested in fame.
of ... fame (=used to show what someone is famous for)
Muhammad Ali, of boxing fame
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ win/gain fame
He won fame when he appeared in the film ‘The Graduate’.
▪ achieve/find fame
Amy Johnson found fame as a pilot.
▪ bring/win somebody/something fame
Chomsky’s theories about language brought him fame.
▪ rise to fame (=become famous)
She rose to fame during the early Sixties.
▪ shoot to fame (=become famous very suddenly)
She shot to fame as a result of her victory in the Olympics.
▪ seek fame (=try to become famous)
He sought fame in the jazz clubs of New York.
▪ enjoy fame (=be famous)
The town briefly enjoyed fame as the location of a popular television series.
■ adjectives
▪ international/worldwide fame
Edinburgh achieved international fame as a centre of medical education.
▪ national fame
Her oil paintings won her national fame.
▪ lasting fame (=being famous for a long time)
Diderot gained lasting fame as the editor of the French Encyclopaedia.
▪ brief fame (=being famous for a short time)
Ed achieved brief fame as a pop singer in the late 1980s.
▪ instant fame
The success of her first novel brought her instant fame.
▪ great fame
His acting ability brought him great fame.
▪ new-found fame
Anna was finding it difficult to get used to her new-found fame.
■ phrases
▪ sb’s/sth’s rise to fame
Her rise to fame has been astonishingly rapid.
▪ at the height of sb’s/sth’s fame (=when someone was most famous)
At the height of his fame, he could earn $5,000 a day.
▪ sb’s/sth’s claim to fame (=reason for being famous)
One of his main claims to fame is having invented the electric light bulb.
▪ fame and fortune (=being rich and famous)
He came to London to seek fame and fortune.