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Ruf — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  • clamor noun A loud outcry or noisy demand, often from a crowd.
  • hoot noun The low, mournful call of an owl.
  • name noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.
  • renown noun Widespread fame or recognition, usually for something admirable.
  • reputation noun The general opinion that people hold about someone or something.
  • repute noun Reputation, especially a favorable one.
  • standing adj Remaining in effect on an ongoing basis.

Senses

Ruf is used for these senses in English:

  • call A cry or shout.
  • call A beckoning or summoning.
  • call A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
  • call (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
  • clamor A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
  • hoot The cry of an owl.
  • name A reputation.
  • renown Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.

call — full definition

  1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
  3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
  4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
  5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

clamor — full definition

  1. noun A loud outcry or noisy demand, often from a crowd.
  2. verb To demand something loudly and persistently.

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