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applaud

[ uh-plawd ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.:

    They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.

  2. to express approval; give praise; acclaim.


verb (used with object)

  1. to clap the hands so as to show approval, appreciation, etc., of:

    to applaud an actor; to applaud a speech.

  2. to praise or express approval of:

    to applaud a person's ambition.

applaud

/ əˈ±è±ôɔ˻å /

verb

  1. to indicate approval of (a person, performance, etc) by clapping the hands
  2. usually tr to offer or express approval or praise of (an action, person, or thing)

    I applaud your decision

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹±èˈ±è±ô²¹³Ü»å±ð°ù, noun
  • ²¹±èˈ±è±ô²¹³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ, adjective
  • ²¹±èˈ±è±ô²¹³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹±è·±è±ô²¹³Ü»åİù noun
  • ²¹±è·±è±ô²¹³Ü»åi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·²¹±è·±è±ô²¹³Ü»å verb
  • °ù±ða±è·±è±ô²¹³Ü»å verb
  • ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-²¹±è·±è±ô²¹³Ü»åi²Ô²µ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôa±è·±è±ô²¹³Ü»åĻå adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôa±è·±è±ô²¹³Ü»åi²Ô²µ adjective
  • ·É±ð±ô±ô-²¹±è·±è±ô²¹³Ü»åĻå adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of applaud1

1530–40; < Latin applaudere, equivalent to ap- ap- 1 + plaudere to clap the hands
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of applaud1

C15: from Latin applaudere to clap, from plaudere to beat, applaud
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Example Sentences

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And while members of the GOP applauded Booker’s tenacity, they also secretly snickered that “he’ll be as successful as Thurmond was holding back civil rights.â€

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Haïm moved the Thursday performance along with an intensity that didn’t allow any room for applauding arias.

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That’s the only way to explain how its bodybuilding exhibitions look like Shakespeare performances, with balconies of people applauding nonstop as a soloist flexes onstage.

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Many residents showed up to applaud it — and also to say it wasn’t nearly enough.

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We spoke a week after she played some of the new songs in a gig at the Huntington, where her fans listened so intently that applauding almost felt rude.

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