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noun
1.
any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press.
2.
a light touch on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword or formerly by an embrace, done in the ceremony of conferring knighthood.
3.
the ceremony itself.
4.
Music. a brace joining several staves.
5.
Architecture.
a.
an archivolt or hood molding having more or less the form of an ogee arch.
b.
a decoration having more or less the form of an ogee arch, cut into a lintel or flat arch.
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Accolade
is a GRE word you need to know.
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| to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea; to roll, writhe or tumble about |
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Example Sentences
- He does not praise his employees; silence is his highest accolade.
- The annual accolade was presented yesterday.
- She deserves every accolade she gets.
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World English Dictionary
| accolade (ˈækəˌleɪd, ˌækəˈleɪd) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | strong praise or approval; acclaim |
| 2. | an award or honour |
| 3. | the ceremonial gesture used to confer knighthood, originally an embrace, now a touch on the shoulder with a sword |
| 4. | a rare word for brace |
| 5. | architect a curved ornamental moulding, esp one having the shape of an ogee arch |
| [C17: via French and Italian from Vulgar Latin accollāre (unattested) to hug; related to Latin collum neck] | |
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Word Origin & History
accolade
1620s, from Fr. (16c.), from Prov. acolada, ult. from noun use of a fem. pp. from V.L. *accollare "to embrace around the neck," from L. ad- "to" + collum "neck" (see collar). The original sense is of an embrace about the neck or the tapping of a sword on the shoulders to
EXPANDconfer knighthood. Extended meaning "praise, award" is from 1852. Also see -ade.
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