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applause

[uh-plawz]

noun

hand clapping as a demonstration of approval, appreciation, acclamation, or the like.

any positive expression of appreciation or approval; acclamation.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin applausus struck upon, applauded (past participle of applaudere), equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + plaud- clap + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

ap·plau·sive

[uh-plaw-siv, -ziv] , adjective

self-ap·plause, noun

un·ap·plau·sive, adjective

Synonyms
2. acclaim, plaudit, praise.

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Example Sentences

There was applause when the picture was shown and more applause when it was knocked down for the top price of the sale.

The video ends with enthusiastic applause from a packed auditorium.

Its pure coloratura sparkled through her early arias, drawing bursts of applause.

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There was applause when the picture was shown and more applause when it was knocked down for the top price of the sale.

The video ends with enthusiastic applause from a packed auditorium.

Its pure coloratura sparkled through her early arias, drawing bursts of applause.

If you've ever thrown your fist at one you'll know a mistimed hit garners no applause.

Our presentation began, consistent with the occasion, with a prolonged hug that prompted laughter and applause.

Concerts often lasted for hours, but they included encores to appease the roaring applause.

They clasp hands, and raise them over their heads to thunderous applause.

Their hands appear fixed in a permanent state of applause.

His voice faltered with emotion before he could finish his thanks, and the room exploded in applause to fill the silence.

There shouldn't be any applause or special credit for this.

The paddlers, along with a dozen bike riders and joggers who've stopped to watch, burst into applause.

Bolden's announcement was greeted by loud cheers and applause at the center.

The students are sophisticated in music and were aware he was cheating them, and walked out without applause.

The audience greeted the demonstration with hoots and applause.

Romney won fewer votes, he seemed to draw stronger applause.

Today they point out the servicemen in the room and ask for a round of applause for them.

Abroad, however, applause will be tinged with misgivings.

John, who rarely shows emotion, held back tears when the crowd at the airport broke into applause.

Bronstein earned applause with his lecture on the relativity theory.

The remark was met with waves of cheering and applause.

During the lecture the applause was frequent and at the close enthusiastic.

Reining in municipalities' investment companies might therefore win some local applause.

Affairs a comprehensive briefing on the extent of the danger, at the end of which she says she received standing applause.

Science, ladies and gentlemen, lets give it a big round of applause.

When wild, over-the-top applause broke out for speed gains in new servers, the reporter sitting next to me burst out laughing.

As a paramount chief, he would be greeted with applause not only when he arrived in villages, but also when he belched or farted.

References to environmental concerns throughout the show get the biggest applause.

These typically reticent professionals broke out into applause at the film's end.

About three weeks before each big tournament he would enter a bubble of concentration that muffled even the crowd's applause.

As if on cue, applause erupted from the game show in the courtyard.

When he wraps up his presentation, the applause is long and loud.

Winehouse seems to have tested the patience of too many music critics to garner much rapturous exit applause.

Anand had resigned, and the room exploded in applause.

He was respectfully listened to, and got a fair amount of laughs, cheers and applause.

Mutter searches out all the applause lines and plugs in the latest tech buzzwords, briskly delivering an entire new speech.

High gas prices have become an easy applause line for candidates in both parties during this election cycle.

Lots and lots of applause at this show from the audience, more so than other conferences.

Finally, there's a collective exhale and a round of applause.

Okay, that's a pretty geeky application, and deserves the appropriate applause.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

applause (əˈplɔːz)

—n
	appreciation or praise, esp as shown by clapping the hands

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Word Origin & History

applause

early 15c., from L. applausus, pp. of applaudere "approve by clapping hands" (see plaudit).

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