fame

fame
fame /feɪm/ noun [uncountable]the state of being known about by a lot of people because of your achievements:
    He claims he is not really interested in fame.
    of ... fame (=used to show what someone is famous for)
    Muhammad Ali, of boxing fame
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ win/gain fame He won fame when he appeared in the film ‘The Graduate’.
   ▪ achieve/find fame Amy Johnson found fame as a pilot.
   ▪ bring/win somebody/something fame Chomsky’s theories about language brought him fame.
   ▪ rise to fame (=become famous) She rose to fame during the early Sixties.
   ▪ shoot to fame (=become famous very suddenly) She shot to fame as a result of her victory in the Olympics.
   ▪ seek fame (=try to become famous) He sought fame in the jazz clubs of New York.
   ▪ enjoy fame (=be famous) The town briefly enjoyed fame as the location of a popular television series.
■ adjectives
   ▪ international/worldwide fame Edinburgh achieved international fame as a centre of medical education.
   ▪ national fame Her oil paintings won her national fame.
   ▪ lasting fame (=being famous for a long time) Diderot gained lasting fame as the editor of the French Encyclopaedia.
   ▪ brief fame (=being famous for a short time) Ed achieved brief fame as a pop singer in the late 1980s.
   ▪ instant fame The success of her first novel brought her instant fame.
   ▪ great fame His acting ability brought him great fame.
   ▪ new-found fame Anna was finding it difficult to get used to her new-found fame.
■ phrases
   ▪ sb’s/sth’s rise to fame Her rise to fame has been astonishingly rapid.
   ▪ at the height of sb’s/sth’s fame (=when someone was most famous) At the height of his fame, he could earn $5,000 a day.
   ▪ sb’s/sth’s claim to fame (=reason for being famous) One of his main claims to fame is having invented the electric light bulb.
   ▪ fame and fortune (=being rich and famous) He came to London to seek fame and fortune.