noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , great
▪
the years of his greatest ~
▪ local
▪ national
▪ international , world , worldwide
▪
She gained international ~ as a dancer.
▪ lasting
▪ fleeting , momentary , temporary
▪ instant , sudden
▪ new-found
▪ posthumous
▪
Largely unknown in his lifetime, Mendel's discoveries earned him posthumous ~.
VERB + FAME
▪ enjoy
▪
He was enjoying his new-found ~.
▪ achieve , come to , find , gain , rise to , shoot to , win
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She found ~ on the stage.
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He shot to ~ in 1997 when he won the US Open.
▪ bring sb , earn sb
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HIs adventure brought him both ~ and notoriety.
▪ seek
FAME + VERB
▪ rest on sth
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Her ~ rests on a single book.
▪ come to sb
▪
a man to whom ~ came very late
▪ grow , spread
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The restaurant's ~ spread quickly.
PHRASES
▪ at the height of sb/sth's ~
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In 1934, when at the height of his ~, he disappeared.
▪ sb/sth's biggest, chief, greatest, main, etc. claim to ~
▪
The town's main claim to ~ is being the home of one of the strangest buildings in the world.
▪ ~ and fortune
▪
After this concert she was firmly on the road to ~ and fortune.
▪ a/sb's rise to ~