acclaim
US/əˈkleɪm/
acclaim verb: to shout; to call out.
Verb
acclaim (third-person singular simple present acclaims, present participle acclaiming, simple past and past participle acclaimed)
- To shout; to call out.
- To express great approval (for).
- a highly-acclaimed novel
- a widely-acclaimed article
- To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
- To claim.
- To declare by acclamations.
- Thou ſhalt be crown'd— / An Iron Crown, intenſely hot, ſhall gird / Thy hoary Temples; while the ſhouting Crowd / Acclaims thee King of Traitors.1749, [Tobias George Smollett], The Regicide: Or, James the First, of Scotland. A Tragedy. […], London: […] [F]or the benefit of the author, →OCLC, Act V, scene the last, page 79
- To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
Noun
acclaim (countable and uncountable, plural acclaims)
- An acclamation; a shout of applause.
- A claim.
acclaim meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
acclaim in Hindi
- प्रशंसा, करतलध्वनि, जयघोष, समभिनन्दन, सम्मान, साधुवाद
acclaim in Tamil
- களிக்கூச்சல், ஆர்ப்பரி, சந்தோச ஆரவாரம்
acclaim in Urdu
- آفریں, داد دینا, اعتراف کرنا
acclaim in Bengali
- to shout
- চিৎকার করা citkar kora
- to shout applause
- প্রশংসাধ্বনি prośoṅśaddhoni
More languagesFewer languages
- acclaim in Malayalam
- കൈകൊട്ടുക, കൈകൊട്ടിയോ ആർത്തുവിളിച്ചോ അംഗീകരിക്കുക, സ്വീകരിക്കുക
- acclaim in Kannada
- ಹೊಗಳುವಿಕೆ, ಗೌರವ, ಶ್ಲಾಘನೆ, ಹೊಗಳು
- acclaim in Punjabi
- ਜੈ jai
Examples of acclaim in a sentence
- Following its publication, the novel received widespread acclaim from literary critics.
- The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.
- Their latest album really knocked it back and received critical acclaim.
Synonyms of acclaim
Forms of acclaim
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | acclaims |
| present participle | acclaiming |
| past participle | acclaimed |
| past | acclaimed |
| Noun | |
| plural | acclaims |
Origin of acclaim
* First attested in the early 14th century. * (to applaud): First attested in the 1630s. * Borrowed from Latin acclāmō (“raise a cry at; applaud”), formed from ad- + clāmō (“cry out, shout”).
* First attested in 1667.
Words formed from acclaim
Words that rhyme with acclaim
37 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- same
- blame
- declaim
- disclaim
- squame
- aflame
- came
- defame
- fame
- rame
- ashame
- became
- crame
- exclaim
- mechanical game
- misname
- overcame
- proclaim
- second name
- BAME
- by name
- cyberfame
- deadname
- enflame
- file names
- good game
- hame
- herostratic fame
- maim
- Markush claim
- reclame
- rename
- run game
- sejm
- succame
- two can play this game
- video game
Questions about acclaim
- What does acclaim mean?
- Acclaim means to shout; to call out.
- What is acclaim in Hindi?
- Acclaim in Hindi is प्रशंसा, करतलध्वनि, जयघोष. See Acclaim meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is acclaim?
- Acclaim can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce acclaim?
- Acclaim is pronounced /əˈkleɪm/ (US).
- What is the past tense of acclaim?
- The past tense of acclaim is acclaimed.
Words near acclaim in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: acclaim (page history and authors); acclaim (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acclaim (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acclaim (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acclaim (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acclaim (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜੈ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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