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