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acclaimed

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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/əˈkleɪmd/
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rhymes with -eɪmd
CMU ARPABET: AH0 K L EY1 M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

Many critically acclaimed novels are not commercially successful.
She’s an acclaimed writer; her books are bestsellers before they are published.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of acclaim

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Czech: uznávaný — greatly praised
German: bejubelt — greatly praised
German: gefeiert — greatly praised
German: vielfach gelobt — greatly praised
Malagasy: hobina — greatly praised
Māori: taiea — greatly praised
Portuguese: aclamado — greatly praised
Swedish: rosad — greatly praised
Turkish: alkışlanan — greatly praised
Turkish: tezahür edilen — greatly praised

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more acclaimed — comparative
most acclaimed — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: self-acclaimed, unacclaimed

Related: none provided

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