Acclamation

//æk.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən//

"Acclamation" in a Sentence (8 examples)

The motion was carried by acclamation.

The speech was met with applause and acclamation by the crowd.

Antonio Guterres was sworn in Friday for a second 5-year term as U.N. Secretary-General after the General Assembly approved it by acclamation.

Sometimes a member nominates a chairman and no vote is taken, the assembly signifying their approval by acclamation.

On such a day, a holyday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children:..it must be a scramble among the mountains, and I must accompany them; […]

See also: uncontested, by default

With no one running against her, she won by acclamation.

The medals on which laudatory acclamations are recorded are called by antiquaries acclamation medals.

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