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How to pronounce famous in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms celebrated, famed, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned
Derivation fame


a famous actor.

Examples of famous

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Heck, they even named the Super Bowl trophy after Green Bay's most famous coach.
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Brazil is partly famous for soccer star Ronaldinho and the Rio Carnival parades.
From the washingtontimes.com
There are the famous cedars in the north, and in the southern mountains as well.
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To work the system at the famous destinations, you better have your plans wired.
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Forget those hasty moments when a famous vineyard sells some fruit on the cheap.
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Ronald Dahl's story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir.
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On the good side, it left me room to grab some of Randy's famous L.A. doughnuts.
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Seeing perhaps the world's most famous face, that belonging to Elizabeth Taylor.
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He was perhaps as famous for his philosophy of architecture as for actual works.
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More examples
  • Celebrated: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
  • (famously) in a manner or to an extent that is well known; "in his famously anecdotal style"
  • (famously) excellently: extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got along famously"
  • Famous is the third major label studio album (fourth overall) from U.S. alternative rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released on October 9, 2007 on Flawless Records. Famous was originally set to be released in May, but was pushed back to add more songs to the album. ...
  • The Famous-Barr Co. (originally Famous & Barr Co.), St. Louis, Missouri, was a division of Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores). It was formerly the hometown division of The May Department Stores Company, which was acquired by Federated on August 30, 2005. ...
  • "Famous" is an English language hit by Swedish girl group Play, taken from the album Under My Skin released April 21, 2010. It is the first number-one single for the group on the Swedish Singles Chart, and their first top 10 hit since Play began, eight years ago.
  • "Famous" is the title track and first single on the fifth studio album by post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd. The song was sent out to rock radio on May 11, 2007 and was officially released on May 21.
  • "Famous" is a the second single by the English indie pop band Scouting for Girls to be released from their second studio album, Everybody Wants to Be on TV. The song was released as a digital download on 17 July 2010 , with a CD released the following day, on 18 July 2010. ...
  • Jamie Adenuga (born 4 May 1985), better known by his stage name JME, is a grime artist from Tottenham, London, and the 25 year old founder of the crew and label Boy Better Know. ...