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applauses

applauses is the plural of applause.

Meaning of applause

Noun

applause (usually uncountable, plural applauses)

  1. (usually) 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

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Questions about applauses

What is applauses the plural of?
Applauses is the plural of applause.

Words near applauses in the dictionary

  1. applauseful
  2. applauseless
  3. applauselike
  4. applauseometer
  5. applauseometers
  6. applauses
  7. applauseworthy
  8. applausive
  9. applausively
  10. applausometer
  11. applausometers

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