noun
Meaning 1
Applause; applauding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
applaud
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /əˈplɔːd/
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US: /əˈplɔd/
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cot-caught-merger: /əˈplɑd/
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noun
Meaning 2
Plaudit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- After the performance, the audience applauded for five minutes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beclap, clap
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To praise, or express approval for something or someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- Although we don't like your methods, we applaud your motives.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acclaim, beclap, cheer on, acclamate, applaud, hail, barrack, cheer, clap, encheer, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, aggrandize, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, honor, idolize, laud, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, praise, puff, revere, speak well of, transfigure, venerate, worthy
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
express approval of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I applaud your efforts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: praise
Narrower terms: cheer, acclaim, hail, herald
verb
Meaning 6
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clap, spat, acclaim
Antonyms: boo
Broader terms: gesticulate, gesture, motion
Narrower terms: bravo
History
Etymology
From Middle English applauden, from Latin applaudere (“to clap the hands together, applaud”), from ad (“to”) + plaudere (“to strike, clap”).
Across languages
Translations
106 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: duartrokas — to express approval by clapping
- Arabic: صَفَّقَ (ṣaffaqa) — to express approval by clapping
- Armenian: ծափահարել (capʻaharel) — to express approval by clapping
- Asturian: aplaudir — to express approval by clapping
- Azerbaijani: alqışlamaq — to express approval by clapping
- Azerbaijani: əl çalmaq — to express approval by clapping
- Belarusian: апладзі́раваць (apladzíravacʹ) — to express approval by clapping
- Belarusian: пляска́ць (pljaskácʹ) — to express approval by clapping
- Bulgarian: аплоди́рам (aplodíram) — to express approval by clapping
- Bulgarian: ръкопляска́м (rǎkopljaskám) — to express approval by clapping
- Catalan: aplaudir — to express approval by clapping
- Cherokee: ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ (dasidvniha) — to express approval by clapping
- Chinese Mandarin: 拍手 (pāishǒu) — to express approval by clapping
- Chinese Mandarin: 鼓掌 (gǔzhǎng) — to express approval by clapping
- Czech: tleskat — to express approval by clapping
- Danish: applaudere — to express approval by clapping
- Danish: klappe — to express approval by clapping
- Dutch: applaudisseren — to express approval by clapping
- Dutch: klappen — to express approval by clapping
- Esperanto: aplaŭdi — to express approval by clapping
- Estonian: aplodeerima — to express approval by clapping
- Finnish: taputtaa — to express approval by clapping
- Finnish: aplodeerata — to express approval by clapping
- French: applaudir — to express approval by clapping
- French: ovationner — to express approval by clapping
- Galician: aplaudir — to express approval by clapping
- German: applaudieren — to express approval by clapping
- German: klatschen — to express approval by clapping
- German: Beifall klatschen — to express approval by clapping
- Greek: χειροκροτώ (cheirokrotó) — to express approval by clapping
- Ancient Greek: κροτέω (krotéō) — to express approval by clapping
- Hebrew: הֵרִיעַ (hería') — to express approval by clapping
- Hindi: ताली बजाना (tālī bajānā) — to express approval by clapping
- Hungarian: tapsol — to express approval by clapping
- Hungarian: megtapsol — to express approval by clapping
- Ido: aklamar — to express approval by clapping
- Italian: applaudire — to express approval by clapping
- Italian: congratularsi — to express approval by clapping
- Japanese: 拍手する (hakushu suru) — to express approval by clapping
- Korean: 박수하다 (baksuhada) — to express approval by clapping
- Latin: plaudō — to express approval by clapping
- Latin: applaudō — to express approval by clapping
- Latvian: aplaudēt — to express approval by clapping
- Lithuanian: ploti — to express approval by clapping
- Lithuanian: paploti — to express approval by clapping
- Macedonian: аплауди́ра (aplaudíra) — to express approval by clapping
- Macedonian: ракоплеска (rakopleska) — to express approval by clapping
- Malayalam: കയ്യടി (kayyaṭi) — to express approval by clapping
- Malayalam: കരഘോഷം (karaghōṣaṁ) — to express approval by clapping
- Māori: pakipaki — to express approval by clapping
- Māori: umere — to express approval by clapping
- Mongolian: алга таших (alga tašix) — to express approval by clapping
- Norwegian Bokmål: klappe — to express approval by clapping
- Persian: کف زدن (kaf zadan) — to express approval by clapping
- Polish: klaskać — to express approval by clapping
- Polish: oklaskiwać — to express approval by clapping
- Polish: bić brawo — to express approval by clapping
- Portuguese: aplaudir — to express approval by clapping
- Romanian: aplauda — to express approval by clapping
- Russian: аплоди́ровать (aplodírovatʹ) — to express approval by clapping
- Russian: хло́пать (xlópatʹ) — to express approval by clapping
- Russian: рукоплеска́ть (rukopleskátʹ) — to express approval by clapping
- Serbo-Croatian: аплауди́рати — to express approval by clapping
- Serbo-Croatian: aplaudírati — to express approval by clapping
- Slovak: tlieskať — to express approval by clapping
- Slovene: aplavdirati — to express approval by clapping
- Slovene: ploskati — to express approval by clapping
- Spanish: aplaudir — to express approval by clapping
- Swedish: applådera — to express approval by clapping
- Swedish: klappa — to express approval by clapping
- Tajik: кафкӯбӣ кардан (kafkübi kardan) — to express approval by clapping
- Thai: ปรบ (bpròp) — to express approval by clapping
- Thai: ตบมือ (dtòp-mʉʉ) — to express approval by clapping
- Turkish: alkışlamak — to express approval by clapping
- Turkish: el çırpmak — to express approval by clapping
- Ukrainian: аплодува́ти (aploduváty) — to express approval by clapping
- Ukrainian: плеска́ти (pleskáty) — to express approval by clapping
- Ukrainian: рукоплеска́ти (rukopleskáty) — to express approval by clapping
- Uzbek: olqishlab chapak — to express approval by clapping
- Vietnamese: vỗ tay — to express approval by clapping
- Bulgarian: хва́ля (hválja) — to praise, or express approval by words
- Bulgarian: одобря́вам (odobrjávam) — to praise, or express approval by words
- Ngazidja Comorian: ushangiria — to praise, or express approval by words
- Dutch: applaudisseren — to praise, or express approval by words
- French: louer — to praise, or express approval by words
- French: approuver — to praise, or express approval by words
- German: loben — to praise, or express approval by words
- German: befürworten — to praise, or express approval by words
- Greek: επικροτώ (epikrotó) — to praise, or express approval by words
- Hindi: प्रशंसा करना (praśansā karnā) — to praise, or express approval by words
- Hindi: सराहना (sarāhnā) — to praise, or express approval by words
- Hungarian: helyesel — to praise, or express approval by words
- Hungarian: dicsér — to praise, or express approval by words
- Italian: lodare — to praise, or express approval by words
- Italian: approvare — to praise, or express approval by words
- Latvian: atzīt — to praise, or express approval by words
- Latvian: apsveikt — to praise, or express approval by words
- Portuguese: aplaudir — to praise, or express approval by words
- Russian: хвали́ть (xvalítʹ) — to praise, or express approval by words
- Russian: одобря́ть (odobrjátʹ) — to praise, or express approval by words
- Serbo-Croatian: аплауди́рати — to praise, or express approval by words
- Serbo-Croatian: aplaudírati — to praise, or express approval by words
- Spanish: aplaudir — to praise, or express approval by words
- Turkish: beğenmek — to praise, or express approval by words
- Turkish: takdir etmek — to praise, or express approval by words
- Turkish: alkışlamak — to praise, or express approval by words