reputation
n. C / Un. the opinion that people have about someone or something. It is based on what has happened in the past and tells you if a person is trusted or liked.
n. the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. Often functions as a collective judgment of character or quality based on past behavior.
The restaurant has a great reputation for fresh seafood.
After years of honest work, the lawyer built a reputation for being fair to everyone in the community.
A company's reputation can take decades to establish through consistent quality, yet it can be destroyed in a single afternoon by a poorly handled public relations crisis.
14c. "credit, good reputation", from Middle English reputacion, reputacioun, reputation, reputatioun, from Anglo-Norman reputacion, reputacioun, Middle French reputation (French réputation), and their etymon Latin reputātiōnem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputō (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + putō (“reckon, consider”). By surface analysis, repute + -ation. Displaced native Old English hlīsa (“reputation, fame”)
Often used with the prepositions 'for' (to state the reason) or 'as' (to state the role).
He has a good reputation of a hard worker.He has a good reputation as a hard worker.When describing a person's role or identity, use 'as' instead of 'of'.