applause
UK/əˈplɔːz/
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Australia/əˈploːz/
applause noun: the act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
Noun
applause (usually uncountable, plural applauses)
- The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
- A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), “”, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 535
- Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. […] It was at such moments that for an instant he [Sherlock Holmes] ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and...1904 April 30, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC, page 232
- Synonyms:
- acclaim, acclamation, approbation, approval, commendation, plaudit, accolade, attaboy, appreciation, compliment
Verb
applause (third-person singular simple present applauses, present participle applausing, simple past and past participle applaused)
- To applaud.
- But (which had ſcarrefide our wounds, if wounded, with the Balme / Of her ſweete Preſence, ſo applaus’d as in Sea-ſtormes a Calme) / Her royall-ſelfe, Elizabeth our Soueraigne lawfull Queene, / In magnanimious Maieſtie amidſt her Troupes was ſeene.1596, William Warner, chapter IL, in Albions England: A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants Thereof: […], 4th edition, London: […] [Joan] Orwin, for...
- Now Ahab ſees the ground of that applauſed conſent of his rabble of Prophets: […]1628, Ios[eph] Hall, “Ahab and Michaiah: or, The Death of Ahab”, in Contemplations. The Nineteenth Booke., London, →OCLC, page 1286
applause meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
applause in Hindi
- act of applauding
- वाहवाही vāhvāhī, शाबाशी śābāśī, ताली tālī
applause in Tamil
- act of applauding
- கைதட்டல் kaitaṭṭal
applause in Urdu
- داد, شاباشی, تعریف
applause in Bengali
- applause, fame
- প্রশংসা prośoṅśa
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- applause in Malayalam
- കയ്യടി kayyaṭi, കരഘോഷം karaghōṣaṁ
- applause in Kannada
- ಹೊಗಳಿಕೆ, ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆ, ಪ್ರಶಂಸೆ, ಶ್ಲಾಘನೆ
- applause in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ śābāś
- applause in Nepali
- तालियाँ
- applause in Tagalog
- palakpak, palakpakan
- applause in Arabic
- تَصْفِيق taṣfīq
- applause in Malay
- tepukan
- applause in Indonesian
- tepuk tangan
- applause in Persian
- کف kaf
- applause in Vietnamese
- vỗ tay
Examples of applause in a sentence
- Livy never gets her share of those applauses, but it is because the people do not know.1916, Albert Bigelow Paine, chapter 57, in The Boys’ Life of Mark Twain:
- Not so those of Grealish, who lapped up the applause of the England fans behind the goal.2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:
- There was a flutter of applause from the audience but, appreciatively, it quickly hushed itself.1916, Katherine Melvina Huntsinger Blackford, Arthur Newcomb, Analyzing Character, the New Science of Judging Men: Misfits in Business, the...
Synonyms of applause
- acclaim
- acclamation
- approbation
- approval
- commendation
- plaudit
- accolade
- attaboy
- appreciation
- compliment
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Forms of applause
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | applauses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | applauses |
| present participle | applausing |
| past participle | applaused |
| past | applaused |
Origin of applause
From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud).
Words formed from applause
Phrases with applause
Words that rhyme with applause
Questions about applause
- What does applause mean?
- Applause means the act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
- What is applause in Hindi?
- Applause in Hindi is वाहवाही (vāhvāhī), शाबाशी (śābāśī), ताली (tālī). See Applause meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use applause in a sentence?
- Livy never gets her share of those applauses, but it is because the people do not know.
- What part of speech is applause?
- Applause can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce applause?
- Applause is pronounced /əˈplɔːz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of applause?
- The plural of applause is applauses.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: applause (page history and authors); applause (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রশংসা (Bengali) (page history and authors); കയ്യടി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); applause (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); applause (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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