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reputable - 3 dictionary results

rep⋅u⋅ta⋅ble

  [rep-yuh-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
2. considered to be good or acceptable usage; standard: reputable speech.
Origin:
1605–15; repute + -able

Related forms:
rep⋅u⋅ta⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, rep⋅u⋅ta⋅ble⋅ness, noun
rep⋅u⋅ta⋅bly, adverb
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rep·u·ta·ble   (rěp'yə-tə-bəl)   
adj.  Having a good reputation; honorable.
rep'u·ta·bil'i·ty n., rep'u·ta·bly adv.
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Reputable

Rep"u*ta*ble\ (r?p"?-t?-b'l), a. [From Repute.] Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.

In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as defeat one. --Broome.

Syn: Respectable; creditable; estimable. -- Rep"u ta*ble*ness, n. -- Rep"u*ta*bly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : reputable
Spanish: de buena reputación; acreditado; respetable,
German: angesehen,
Japanese: 評判のよい
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