famous

Definition

  • adjective: known or recognized by very many people
  • adjective: widely known
  • often + 'for' or 'as'
  • synonyms: transcendent, illustrious, remarkable

Examples

  • The hotel is 'famous as' the place where the treaty was signed.

  • a 'famous' entertainer/explorer/athlete/politician

  • The hotel is (justly) 'famous for' its luxury.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "one bottle amber, perfect, "a hundred-year-old cure for fever or melancholy... "A tonic for living on this earth. "Today I was reading about Marie Curie." "She died a famous woman, denying her wounds... "Denying her wounds came from the same source "as her power." So, what did he say? (..)
    2014 Wild