- fame
- nounADJECTIVE▪ considerable, great▪
the years of his greatest fame
▪ local▪ national▪ international, world, worldwide▪She gained international fame as a dancer.
▪ lasting▪ fleeting, momentary, temporary▪ 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.
▪ seekFAME + 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 biggest, chief, greatest, main, etc. 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.