reputation (reputations plural )
1 n-count To have a reputation for something means to be known or remembered for it.
usu with supp
Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer.
2 n-count Something's or someone's reputation is the opinion that people have about how good they are. If they have a good reputation, people think they are good.
usu with supp
The stories ruined his reputation.
3 If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
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by reputation phrase
She was by reputation a good organiser.