plaudit
/ˈplɔːdɪt/
plaudit noun: a mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
Noun
plaudit (plural plaudits)
- A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
- The plaudits reverberated thunderously in the auditorium.
- The roof now rung with bravos, handkerchiefs were waved on every side, “three cheers,” again and again, and plaudit upon plaudit following in such quick succession, begun, ended, and begun again, that it was some time before the toast with which Mr. Irving concluded, could be heard.1862, Washington Irving, Works of Washington Irving, page 490
- Synonyms:
- acclaim, approbation, encomium, applause, clap, clapping, acclamation, laudits
- An award or commendation; a formal recognition of approval or achievement.
- Sofie has been showered in plaudits for her paradigm-shifting discoveries.
- Today, beyond its magnificent courtyard entrance, there is a spa and a plaudit-winning restaurant, Pearl, but Carla remembers: “There were hiccups and we were late opening, but we finally got there on December 16. […]2006 January 25, Rosalind Renshaw, “Kevin Costner and us”, in The Times, Times Media Limited, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2025
Verb
plaudit (third-person singular simple present plaudits, present participle plauditing, simple past and past participle plaudited)
- To issue or confer a plaudit upon.
- Floris grumpily yammered on about how the actors hardly deserved to be plaudited.
- Dunces may take degrees, and we have ſeene / Authors and Poets, come forth at foureteene. / The like lucke haunts the Court, he that has wit / To flaſh a line, and friends to plaudite it.1640, George Bucke, “On his Countrey-man, the Author”, in James Yorke, The Union of Honour, London: William Leake, [folio 4, verso]
plaudit meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
plaudit in Tamil
- ஒப்புதலை தெரிவிக்கும் கைத்தட்டல்
plaudit in Urdu
- تالیاں
plaudit in Kannada
- ಹೊಗಳಿಕೆ, ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆ, ಚಪ್ಪಾಳೆ, ಚಪ್ಪಳಿ, ಕಯ್ತಟ್ಟುವಿಕೆ
Examples of plaudit in a sentence
- They were very orderly- there were neither scoffs nor plaudits, and when they saw us at the window above them there were many who buried their faces in their arms and wept.1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as...
- City have lapped up the plaudits this season for a series of handsome wins but manager Roberto Mancini has demanded that his side also learn to grind out results when they do not play well.2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
- NR has earned plaudits from far and wide for completing the project in difficult circumstances and for maintaining some access to Drax throughout.2020 May 20, Paul Stephen, “NR beats floods to secure tracks to Drax”, in Rail, page 59:
- Much plaudited by Sir Adrian Cadbury and practised by companies as prestigious as BP, the policy governance model is at once both complex and simple.2005, Greg Pritchard, “3.3 Corporate governance”, in Christopher Stephen Brown, editor, The Sustainable Enterprise: Profiting from Best...
Synonyms of plaudit
Forms of plaudit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | plaudits |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | plaudits |
| present participle | plauditing |
| past participle | plaudited |
| past | plaudited |
Origin of plaudit
For earlier plaudite, borrowed from Latin plaudite, second-person plural imperative of plaudere (“to applaud”).
Words formed from plaudit
Words that rhyme with plaudit
Questions about plaudit
- What does plaudit mean?
- Plaudit means a mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
- What is plaudit in Tamil?
- Plaudit in Tamil is ஒப்புதலை தெரிவிக்கும் கைத்தட்டல். See Plaudit meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use plaudit in a sentence?
- They were very orderly- there were neither scoffs nor plaudits, and when they saw us at the window above them there were many who buried their faces in their arms and wept.
- What part of speech is plaudit?
- Plaudit can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce plaudit?
- Plaudit is pronounced /ˈplɔːdɪt/.
- What is the plural of plaudit?
- The plural of plaudit is plaudits.
Words near plaudit in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: plaudit (page history and authors); plaudit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plaudit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plaudit (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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