Applause
/əˈplɔz/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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. uncountable, usually
"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!"
- 2 a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together wordnet
Verb
- 1 To applaud. obsolete
"But (which had ſcarrefide our wounds, if wounded, with the Balme / Of her ſweete Preſence, ſo applaus’d as in Sea-ſtormes a Calme) / Her royall-ſelfe, Elizabeth our Soueraigne lawfull Queene, / In magnanimious Maieſtie amidſt her Troupes was ſeene."
Example
More examples"We gave the performer a round of applause."
Etymology
From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“I strike against, I applaud”) (whence applaud).