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APPLAUD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express approval of

Example:

I applaud your efforts

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "applaud" is one way to...):

praise (express approval of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "applaud"):

cheer (show approval or good wishes by shouting)

acclaim; hail; herald (praise vociferously)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

applaudable (worthy of high praise)

applauder (someone who applauds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

Synonyms:

acclaim; applaud; clap; spat

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "applaud" is one way to...):

gesticulate; gesture; motion (show, express or direct through movement)

"Applaud" entails doing...:

approve; O.K.; okay; sanction (give sanction to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "applaud"):

bravo (applaud with shouts of 'bravo' or 'brava')

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

boo (show displeasure, as after a performance or speech)

Derivation:

applauder (someone who applauds)

Credits

 Context examples: 

So we went back, and they wanted Dora to sing. Red Whisker would have got the guitar-case out of the carriage, but Dora told him nobody knew where it was, but I. So Red Whisker was done for in a moment; and I got it, and I unlocked it, and I took the guitar out, and I sat by her, and I held her handkerchief and gloves, and I drank in every note of her dear voice, and she sang to ME who loved her, and all the others might applaud as much as they liked, but they had nothing to do with it!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)