The motion was carried by acclamation.
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Acclamation
//æk.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "acclamation" (68 found)
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Translations
26 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَزْكِية noun (election of a standby)
Bulgarian
3 entries- аплодисменти noun (applause)
- приветстване noun (applause)
- провъзгласяване noun (election of a standby)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 掌聲 /掌声 noun (applause)
Dutch
2 entries- acclamatie noun (applause)
- gejuich noun (applause)
French
1 entries- acclamation noun (applause)
German
2 entries- Akklamation noun (applause)
- Zuruf noun (applause)
Indonesian
1 entries- aklamasi noun (applause)
Interlingua
1 entries- acclamation noun (applause)
Italian
2 entries- acclamazione noun (applause)
- acclamazione noun (election of a standby)
Latin
1 entries- acclāmātiō noun (applause)
Polish
3 entries- aklamacja noun (applause)
- aklamacja noun (election of a standby)
- poklask noun (applause)
Portuguese
1 entries- aclamação noun (applause)
Romanian
2 entries- aclamare noun (applause)
- aclamație noun (applause)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- aklamácija noun (applause)
- klicanje noun (applause)
- аклама́ција noun (applause)
- клицање noun (applause)
Spanish
1 entries- aclamación noun (applause)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The speech was met with applause and acclamation by the crowd.
Source: tatoeba (10693696)
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.
Source: tatoeba (10797940)
Sometimes a member nominates a chairman and no vote is taken, the assembly signifying their approval by acclamation.
Source: wiktionary
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