"applause" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈplɔːz/ [UK], /əˈplɔz/ [US], /əˈplɑz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-applause.ogg Forms: applauses [plural]
enPR: əplôzʹ [UK], əplôzʹ [US], əpläz' [cot-caught-merger] Rhymes: -ɔːz Etymology: From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“I strike against, I applaud”) (whence applaud). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|applausus}} Latin applausus Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} applause (usually uncountable, plural applauses)
  1. 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Hypernyms: approbation, approval, praise Hyponyms: ovation, standing ovation Meronyms: bravo, cheer, cheering, cheer on, hosanna, huzzah, zaghrata Derived forms: applausable, applauseful, applauseless, applauselike, applauseometer [US, informal], applause-worthy, round of applause, self-applause Translations (act of applauding): duartrokitje [feminine] (Albanian), κρότος (krótos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), تَصْفِيق (taṣfīq) [masculine] (Arabic), تَصْفِيق (taṣfīg) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ծափահարություն (capʻaharutʻyun) (Armenian), aplausu [masculine] (Asturian), alqış (Azerbaijani), алҡыш (alqış) (Bashkir), ҡул сабыу (qul sabıw) (Bashkir), txalo (Basque), апладысме́нты (apladysmjénty) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), во́плескі (vópljeski) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), parakpak (Bikol Central), parakpakan (Bikol Central), аплодисме́нти (aplodisménti) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ръкопля́скане (rǎkopljáskane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), aplaudiment [masculine] (Catalan), palakpak (Cebuano), چەپڵە (çeplle) (Central Kurdish), 鼓掌 (gǔzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 掌聲 /掌声 (zhǎngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 拍手 (pāishǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), potlesk [masculine] (Czech), aplaus [masculine] (Czech), bifald [neuter] (Danish), applaus (Dutch), handgeklap [neuter] (Dutch), aplaŭdo (Esperanto), aplaŭdado (Esperanto), aplaus (Estonian), taputtaminen (Finnish), suosionosoitus (Finnish), aplodit [plural] (Finnish), applaudissement [masculine] (French), acclamation [feminine] (French), aplauso [masculine] (Galician), ტაში (ṭaši) (Georgian), Applaus [masculine] (German), Beifall [masculine] (German), χειροκρότημα (cheirokrótima) [neuter] (Greek), adupa (Hanunoo), תְּשׁוּאוֹת (tshuót) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), palakpak (Hiligaynon), वाहवाही (vāhvāhī) [feminine] (Hindi), शाबाशी (śābāśī) [feminine] (Hindi), ताली (tālī) [feminine] (Hindi), taps (Hungarian), klapp [neuter] (Icelandic), tepuk tangan (Indonesian), bualadh bos (Irish), applauso [masculine] (Italian), 拍手 (hakushu) (alt: はくしゅ) (Japanese), қол соғу (qol soğu) (Kazakh), қол шапалақтау (qol şapalaqtau) (Kazakh), 박수 (baksu) (alt: 拍手) (Korean), кол чабуулар (kol cabuular) [plural] (Kyrgyz), applausus [Late-Latin, masculine] (Latin), aplausi [plural] (Latvian), plojimai [plural] (Lithuanian), aplodismentai [plural] (Lithuanian), ракоплескање (rakopleskanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), аплауз (aplauz) [masculine] (Macedonian), tepukan (Malay), pakipaki (Maori), umere (Maori), алга ташилт (alga tašilt) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), bifall [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), applaus [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کف (kaf) (Persian), aplauz [masculine] (Polish), poklask [masculine] (Polish), oklaski [masculine, plural] (Polish), brawa [neuter, plural] (Polish), aplauso [masculine] (Portuguese), aplauze [feminine] (Romanian), аплодисме́нты (aplodisménty) [masculine, plural] (Russian), рукоплеска́ния (rukopleskánija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), пље̑сак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), а̀плауз [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljȇsak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), àplauz [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), potlesk [masculine] (Slovak), aplauz [masculine] (Slovak), aplavz [masculine] (Slovene), ploskanje [neuter] (Slovene), aplauso [masculine] (Spanish), plauso [masculine] (Spanish), aplausos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), palmas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), applåd [common-gender] (Swedish), bifall [neuter] (Swedish), palakpak (Tagalog), palakpakan (Tagalog), чапакзанӣ (čapakzani) (Tajik), кафкӯбӣ (kafkübi) (Tajik), қарсакзанӣ (qarsakzani) (Tajik), кафзанӣ (kafzani) (Tajik), алкыш (alkış) (Tatar), алкышлар (alkışlar) [plural] (Tatar), alkış (Turkish), аплодисме́нти (aplodysménty) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), о́плески (óplesky) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), olqish (Uzbek), olqishlar [plural] (Uzbek), qarsaklar [plural] (Uzbek), vỗ tay (Vietnamese), parakpak (Waray-Waray)
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Verb

IPA: /əˈplɔːz/ [UK], /əˈplɔz/ [US], /əˈplɑz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-applause.ogg Forms: applauses [present, singular, third-person], applausing [participle, present], applaused [participle, past], applaused [past]
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  1. (obsolete) To applaud. Tags: obsolete
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "applausable"
        },
        {
          "word": "applauseful"
        },
        {
          "word": "applauseless"
        },
        {
          "word": "applauselike"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "applauseometer"
        },
        {
          "word": "applause-worthy"
        },
        {
          "word": "round of applause"
        },
        {
          "word": "self-applause"
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          "ref": "1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), “”, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 535:",
          "text": "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!",
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          "ref": "1904 April 30, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC, page 232:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1916, Albert Bigelow Paine, chapter 57, in The Boys’ Life of Mark Twain:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
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          "word": "approbation"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "approval"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "praise"
        }
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          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "ovation"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "standing ovation"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "bravo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "cheer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "cheering"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "cheer on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "hosanna"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "huzzah"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "zaghrata"
        }
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          "word": "acclaim"
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          "word": "acclamation"
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          "word": "approbation"
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        {
          "word": "approval"
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        {
          "word": "commendation"
        },
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          "word": "plaudit"
        },
        {
          "word": "applause"
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        {
          "word": "praise"
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          "word": "applause"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "plaudit"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "clap"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "clapping"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "acclaim"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "acclamation"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:applause",
          "word": "laudits"
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        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "duartrokitje"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taṣfīq",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَصْفِيق"
        },
        {
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taṣfīg",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَصْفِيق"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "capʻaharutʻyun",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "ծափահարություն"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplausu"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "alqış"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "alqış",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "алҡыш"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "qul sabıw",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "ҡул сабыу"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "txalo"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "apladysmjénty",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "апладысме́нты"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vópljeski",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "во́плескі"
        },
        {
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "parakpak"
        },
        {
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "parakpakan"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "aplodisménti",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "аплодисме́нти"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rǎkopljáskane",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ръкопля́скане"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplaudiment"
        },
        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "palakpak"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǔzhǎng",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "鼓掌"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǎngshēng",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "掌聲 /掌声"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pāishǒu",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "拍手"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "potlesk"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bifald"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "applaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "handgeklap"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "aplaŭdo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "aplaŭdado"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "aplaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "taputtaminen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "suosionosoitus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "aplodit"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "applaudissement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "acclamation"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplauso"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭaši",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "ტაში"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Applaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Beifall"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "cheirokrótima",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "χειροκρότημα"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "krótos",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κρότος"
        },
        {
          "code": "hnn",
          "lang": "Hanunoo",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "adupa"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tshuót",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "תְּשׁוּאוֹת"
        },
        {
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "palakpak"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vāhvāhī",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "वाहवाही"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śābāśī",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "शाबाशी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tālī",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ताली"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "taps"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "klapp"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "tepuk tangan"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "applauso"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "bualadh bos"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はくしゅ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakushu",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "拍手"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qol soğu",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "қол соғу"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qol şapalaqtau",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "қол шапалақтау"
        },
        {
          "alt": "拍手",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "baksu",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "박수"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "çeplle",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "چەپڵە"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kol cabuular",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "кол чабуулар"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "Late-Latin",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "applausus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "aplausi"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "plojimai"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "aplodismentai"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rakopleskanje",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ракоплескање"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "aplauz",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "аплауз"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "tepukan"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "pakipaki"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "umere"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "alga tašilt",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "алга ташилт"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bifall"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "applaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kaf",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "word": "کف"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplauz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poklask"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "oklaski"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "brawa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplauso"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aplauze"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "aplodisménty",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "аплодисме́нты"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rukopleskánija",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "рукоплеска́ния"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пље̑сак"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "а̀плауз"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pljȇsak"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "àplauz"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "potlesk"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplauz"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplavz"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ploskanje"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aplauso"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of applauding",
          "tags": [
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          "ref": "1654, “Act. II.”, in The Tragedy of Alphonsus Emperour of Germany […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […], →OCLC, page 20:",
          "text": "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 of Collen, / Revil’d him by the names of murderer, / Arch villain, robber of the Empires fame, / And Cæſars tutor in all wickedneſs, / And with a general voice applaus’d his death, / As for a ſpecial good to Chriſtendome.",
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        "(obsolete) To applaud."
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      "enpr": "əplôzʹ",
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      "ipa": "/əˈplɔːz/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɔːz"
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      "enpr": "əpläz'",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
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      "ipa": "/əˈplɑz/",
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        "cot-caught-merger"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-us-applause.ogg"
    }
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  "word": "applause"
}

Download raw JSONL data for applause meaning in English (24.8kB)

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