renowned

ri-NOWND/ɹɪˈnaʊnd/

2 meanings of renowned

1
adjective
Famous and respected by a lot of people.
The city has a renowned museum that visitors come from far away to see.
Our teacher once worked with a renowned scientist.
Similarfamous, celebrated, acclaimed, eminent, distinguished
Oppositeunknown, obscure
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2
verb
Past tense and past participle of renown. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
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renowned is a form of renown

renown, verb: To make a person or thing famous and widely known. Full entry

Forms: renownrenowns he/she/itrenowning -ing formrenowned past tense, past participle
Spelling: renown → renowned: add -ed
Sound: The ending sounds like /d/.

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