APPLAUSE

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

Synonyms:

applause; clapping; hand clapping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("applause" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "applause"):

hand (a round of applause to signify approval)

handclap (a clap of the hands to indicate approval)

round (an outburst of applause)

Holonyms ("applause" is a part of...):

ovation; standing ovation (enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause))

Credits

Context examples:

Alternatively, a creative project that you have nurtured will now finish to high praise and applause.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Even Belcher could not help joining in the general shout of applause.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thunders of applause from the English soldiers, as well as from the citizens and peasants, showed how far the love of brave and knightly deeds could rise above the rivalries of race.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sentiment it must contain, plenty of it, pure and noble, of the sort that in his own early youth had brought his applause from nigger heaven—the For-God-my-country-and- the-Czar and I-may-be-poor-but-I-am-honest brand of sentiment.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Shouts of applause went up for the victor, and there were many cries of "Cherokee!" "Cherokee!"

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Great applause, in which Professor Challenger was observed to join.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tumultuous applause followed but received an unexpected check, for the cot bed, on which the dress circle was built, suddenly shut up and extinguished the enthusiastic audience.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Hear! and tapping at the wall, by way of applause.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

His cold and proud nature was always averse, however, from anything in the shape of public applause, and he bound me in the most stringent terms to say no further word of himself, his methods, or his successes—a prohibition which, as I have explained, has only now been removed.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)