'FAME' definitions:

Definition of 'fame'

(from WordNet)
noun
The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy, opprobrium]
noun
Favorable public reputation [ant: infamy]

Definition of 'Fame'

From: GCIDE
  • Fame \Fame\ (f[=a]m), n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. ???? a saying, report, fa`nai to speak. See Ban, and cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.]
  • 1. Public report or rumor. [1913 Webster]
  • The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. --Gen. xlv. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. [1913 Webster]
  • I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. --Shak.
  • Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fame'

From: GCIDE
  • Fame \Fame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famed,; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming.]
  • 1. To report widely or honorably. [1913 Webster]
  • The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make famous or renowned. [1913 Webster]
  • Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Acronyms for 'fame'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europe)