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applause

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English

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An audience applauds.

Etymology

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FromLatinapplausus, fromapplaudō(“I strike against, I applaud”) (whenceapplaud).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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applause (usuallyuncountable,pluralapplauses)

  1. The act ofapplauding;approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet,acclamation,huzzas, or other means; markedcommendation.
    Synonyms:acclaim,acclamation,approbation,approval,commendation,plaudit;see alsoThesaurus:applause,Thesaurus:praise
    • 1880,Mark Twain[pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter XLVI, inA Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC,page535:
      A few days before, the adulations andapplauses of a nation were sounding in her[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!
    • 1904 April 30,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”, inThe Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.:McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905,→OCLC,page232:
      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 andapplause.
    • 1916,Albert Bigelow Paine, chapter57, inThe Boys’ Life of Mark Twain:
      Livy never gets her share of thoseapplauses, but it is because the people do not know. Yet she is entitled to the lion's share.
    • 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      Rice’s celebrations upon his goal were controlled, muted. Not so those of Grealish, who lapped up theapplause of the England fans behind the goal.

Derived terms

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Translations

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act of applauding—see alsocheer

Verb

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applause (third-person singular simple presentapplauses,present participleapplausing,simple past and past participleapplaused)

  1. (obsolete) Toapplaud.
    • 1596,William Warner, chapter IL, inAlbions England: A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants Thereof: […], 4th edition, London: […] [Joan] Orwin, for I[oan] B[roome] […],→OCLC,page228:
      But (which had ſcarrefide our wounds, if wounded, with the Balme / Of her ſweete Preſence, ſoapplaus’d as in Sea-ſtormes a Calme) / Her royall-ſelfe,Elizabeth our Soueraigne lawfull Queene, / In magnanimious Maieſtie amidſt her Troupes was ſeene.
    • 1628,Ios[eph] Hall, “Ahab andMichaiah: or, The Death of Ahab”, inContemplations. The Nineteenth Booke., London,→OCLC,page1286:
      NowAhab ſees the ground of thatapplauſed conſent of his rabble of Prophets:[…]
    • 1654, “Act. II.”, inThe Tragedy of Alphonsus Emperour of Germany […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […],→OCLC,page20:
      O ſacred Emperour, theſe ears have heard, / What no Sons ears can unrevenged hear, / The Princes all of them, but ſpecially, / The Prince Elector Archbiſhop ofCollen, / Revil’d him by the names of murderer, / Arch villain, robber of the Empires fame, / AndCæſars tutor in all wickedneſs, / And with a general voiceapplaus’d his death, / As for a ſpecial good to Chriſtendome.
      Attributed toGeorge Chapman, but generally considered a false attribution.

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Participle

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applause

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofapplausus
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