Meaning of Applause | Babel Free
əˈplɔːzDefinitions
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.
uncountable, usually
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
alqış
Català
aplaudiment
Dansk
bifald
Ελληνικά
χειροκρότημα
فارسی
کف
Magyar
taps
Հայերեն
ծափահարություն
Íslenska
klapp
Italiano
applauso
ქართული
ტაში
Latina
applausus
Te Reo Māori
umere
Bahasa Melayu
tepukan
Português
aplauso
Română
aplauze
Shqip
duartrokitje
Oʻzbekcha
olqish
Tiếng Việt
vỗ tay
Examples
“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!”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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