"extol" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪkˈstəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪkˈstoʊl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extol.wav [Southern-England] Forms: extols [present, singular, third-person], extolling [participle, present], extolled [participle, past], extolled [past]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂- (bear)}}, {{bor|en|la|extollō||elevate, raise high}} Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} extol (third-person singular simple present extols, present participle extolling, simple past and past participle extolled)
  1. To praise; to make high. Synonyms: belaud, flatter Derived forms: extollation, extoller, extolment Translations (to praise; to make high): възхвалявам (vǎzhvaljavam) (Bulgarian), 頌揚 (Chinese Mandarin), 颂扬 (sòngyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), vychvalovat [imperfective] (Czech), opěvovat [imperfective] (Czech), velebit [imperfective] (Czech), prijzen (Dutch), ophemelen (Dutch), verheffen (Dutch), ylistää (Finnish), louer (French), faire l'éloge de (French), preisen (German), adhmhol (Irish), ardaigh (Irish), lodare (Italian), 褒めそやす (homesoyasu) (Japanese), extollō (Latin), whakarangaranga (Maori), whakahirahira (Maori), prise (Norwegian Bokmål), wychwalać [imperfective] (Polish), lăuda (Romanian), elogia (Romanian), восхваля́ть (vosxvaljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), восхвали́ть (vosxvalítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), превозноси́ть (prevoznosítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), превознести́ (prevoznestí) [perfective] (Russian), स्तौति (stauti) (Sanskrit), alabar (Spanish), elogiar (Spanish), loar (Spanish), enaltecer (Spanish), ensalzar (Spanish), entronizar (Spanish), höja till skyarna (Swedish), lovprisa (Swedish), prisa (Swedish), yüceltmek (Turkish), -bonga (Zulu), -dumisa (Zulu)

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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to praise; to make high",
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "adhmhol"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "ardaigh"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "lodare"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "褒めそやす"
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "whakarangaranga"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "whakahirahira"
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "prise"
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "elogia"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vosxvaljátʹ",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "восхваля́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vosxvalítʹ",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "восхвали́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevoznosítʹ",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "превозноси́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevoznestí",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "превознести́"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
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      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "alabar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "elogiar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "loar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "entronizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "höja till skyarna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "lovprisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "prisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "yüceltmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "-bonga"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "to praise; to make high",
      "word": "-dumisa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "extol"
}

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