applause en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈploːz/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /əˈplɑz/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /əˈplɔz/ (Scotland)
- əplôz
- /əˈplɔːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈplɔz/ without the cot–caught merger
- (General-American) audio cot-caught
Etymology
From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud).
Meanings
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(uncountable, 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.
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 applause.
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: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 Home and Social Life, page 94: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:Livy never gets her share of those applauses, but it is because the people do not know. Yet she is entitled to the lion's share.
1916, Albert Bigelow Paine, chapter 57, in The Boys’ Life of Mark Twain:Rice’s celebrations upon his goal were controlled, muted. 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| applauses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
applauseometer · round of applause · applause-worthy · applauseless · applauseful · applausable · applauselike · self-applause
Hypernyms
praise · approbation · approval
Hyponyms
Meronyms
hosanna · cheering · bravo · cheer on · zaghrata · huzzah · cheer
Synonyms
approval · attaboy · props · commendation · acclaim · praise · laudits · clap · extolment · commend · clapping · plaudit · appreciation · approbation · applause · tout · laudation · accolade · douceur · encouragement · encomium · commendation · compliment · laudits · approbation · acclamation · approval · plaudit · acclaim · congratulation · acclamation
Translations (111)
hu taps (act of applauding) · bg аплодисме́нти (act of applauding) · sh pljȇsak (act of applauding) · ms tepukan (act of applauding) · uk аплодисме́нти (act of applauding) · cmn 拍手 (act of applauding) · he תְּשׁוּאוֹת (act of applauding) · ro aplauze (act of applauding) · ast aplausu (act of applauding) · es aplausos (act of applauding) · ba ҡул сабыу (act of applauding) · mn алга ташилт (act of applauding) · acw تَصْفِيق (act of applauding) · it applauso (act of applauding) · uz qarsaklar (act of applauding) · gl aplauso (act of applauding) · mi umere (act of applauding) · ar تَصْفِيق (act of applauding) · be во́плескі (act of applauding) · tt алкышлар (act of applauding) · mi pakipaki (act of applauding) · be апладысме́нты (act of applauding) · fa کف (act of applauding) · bg ръкопля́скане (act of applauding) · az alqış (act of applauding) · hy ծափահարություն (act of applauding) · ckb چەپڵە (act of applauding) · sq duartrokitje (act of applauding) · cs aplaus (act of applauding) · hil palakpak (act of applauding) · fr applaudissement (act of applauding) · is klapp (act of applauding) · lt aplodismentai (act of applauding) · tg кафкӯбӣ (act of applauding) · eo aplaŭdo (act of applauding) · sv bifall (act of applauding) · uk о́плески (act of applauding) · nl handgeklap (act of applauding) · tg чапакзанӣ (act of applauding) · et aplaus (act of applauding) · tg кафзанӣ (act of applauding) · ca aplaudiment (act of applauding) · sk potlesk (act of applauding) · tt алкыш (act of applauding) · war parakpak (act of applauding) · lt plojimai (act of applauding) · sl ploskanje (act of applauding) · fi aplodit (act of applauding) · eo aplaŭdado (act of applauding) · pl oklaski (act of applauding) · tg қарсакзанӣ (act of applauding) · ru аплодисме́нты (act of applauding) · es aplauso (act of applauding) · pl aplauz (act of applauding) · es palmas (act of applauding) · kk қол соғу (act of applauding) · ru рукоплеска́ние (act of applauding) · ga bualadh bos (act of applauding) · ceb palakpak (act of applauding) · lv aplausi (act of applauding) · tl palakpakan (act of applauding) · kk қол шапалақтау (act of applauding) · hnn adupa (act of applauding) · cmn 鼓掌 (act of applauding) · ko 박수 (act of applauding) · sh àplauz (act of applauding) · pl brawa (act of applauding) · mk ракоплескање (act of applauding) · ka ტაში (act of applauding) · eu txalo (act of applauding) · cs potlesk (act of applauding) · cmn 掌聲 /掌声 (act of applauding) · sk aplauz (act of applauding) · nn applaus (act of applauding) · fi suosionosoitus (act of applauding) · vi vỗ tay (act of applauding) · ja 拍手 (act of applauding) · el χειροκρότημα (act of applauding) · sl aplavz (act of applauding) · de Beifall (act of applauding) · nn bifall (act of applauding) · id tepuk tangan (act of applauding) · ky кол чабуулар (act of applauding) · fi taputtaminen (act of applauding) · ru рукоплеска́ния (act of applauding) · la applausus (act of applauding) · tr alkış (act of applauding) · de Applaus (act of applauding) · alt кол чабыжу (act of applauding) · bcl parakpak (act of applauding) · pl poklask (act of applauding) · nl applaus (act of applauding) · pt aplauso (act of applauding) · sh пље̑сак (act of applauding) · grc κρότος (act of applauding) · da bifald (act of applauding) · tl palakpak (act of applauding) · es plauso (act of applauding) · mk аплауз (act of applauding) · ba алҡыш (act of applauding) · uz olqishlar (act of applauding) · sh а̀плауз (act of applauding) · sv applåd (act of applauding) · bcl parakpakan (act of applauding) · fr acclamation (act of applauding) · ta கைதட்டல் (act of applauding) · hi वाहवाही (act of applauding) · uz olqish (act of applauding) · hi ताली (act of applauding) · tr tapşın (act of applauding) · hi शाबाशी (act of applauding)