The cast was given a standing ovation.
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Ovation
/[ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩]/
Synonyms for "ovation" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (31)
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9 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 21 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- ава́цыя noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ова́ция noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 熱烈掌聲 /热烈掌声 noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Dutch
1 entries- ovatie noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Esperanto
1 entries- ovacio noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Finnish
1 entries- suosionosoitukset noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
French
1 entries- ovation noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
German
3 entries- Beifallssturm noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
- Ovation noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
- tosender Beifall noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Hungarian
1 entries- ováció noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Icelandic
3 entries- fagnaðarlæti noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
- hylling noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
- lófatak noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Italian
2 entries- applauso noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
- ovazione noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Japanese
1 entries- 喝采 noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Korean
1 entries- 갈채 noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Polish
1 entries- owacja noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Portuguese
1 entries- ovação noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Russian
2 entries- бу́рные аплодисме́нты noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
- ова́ция noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Spanish
1 entries- ovación noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Swedish
1 entries- ovation noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ова́ція noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Vietnamese
1 entries- pháo tay noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָוואַציע noun (prolonged enthusiastic applause)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Romain deserves a standing ovation for his incredible collection!
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The audience gave him an ovation for ten minutes.
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We got a standing ovation.
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