applauseap‧plause /əˈplɔːz $ əˈplɒːz/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
She got a round of applause (=a short period of applause) when she finished.rapturous/enthusiastic applause He left the stage to rapturous applause.loud/thunderous applause
WORD ORIGINapplause
Origin:
1500-1600 Medieval Latin applausus, from Latin, past participle of applaudere; ➔ APPLAUDEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The candidate's promise to improve public schools was greeted with a loud round of applause.
- The conductor waited for the applause to die down before signalling for the orchestra to begin.
- There was loud applause when the band members ran onto the stage.
- His abusive father routine earned him a spontaneous burst of applause, his voice booming to the rafters.
- However, Judge Frossard has won the support of fellow justices and applause from a crime-weary public.
- The cries of protest are lost in thunderous applause, and then a hush descends.
- The crowd, ever growing, explodes into laughter and applause.
- The sustained applause that followed suggested they may get their wish.
- There was great applause when the Makhmalbaf family took a bow.
- This was not a collection that sparked shouts, cheers or even an occasional burst of polite applause.
- To say the least, applause came haltingly.
Longman Language Activatorto clap
to hit your hands together loudly and quickly to show that you approve of and are pleased with a play, someone's performance, someone's actions etc: · The audience cheered and clapped as the curtain came down.· Fans usually clap the batsman when he leaves the field.clap your hands: · A crowd gathered to watch the runners, clapping their hands and urging them on.
if people applaud , they clap excitedly, and often for a long time, in order to show how much they liked something or to show their support for someone: · The crowd applauded when Evans promised to cut taxes.· A group of supporters applauded the strikers as they were led into court.
to give a loud, happy shout expressing admiration, approval, and often excitement, for example at a sports event or after a speech: · The audience were now on their feet, cheering wildly.· Thousands of people lined Broadway to cheer the Yankees and celebrate their World Series triumph.
the sound of a crowd of people clapping and cheering someone, to show their approval and admiration: · There was loud applause when the band members ran onto the stage.a round of applause (=a short period of applause): · The candidate's promise to improve public schools was greeted with a loud round of applause.applause dies down (=gradually stops): · The conductor waited for the applause to die down before signalling for the orchestra to begin.
if someone receives a standing ovation at the end of a performance or speech, the people who are watching or listening to them stand up, clap, and cheer, to show their approval and admiration: · Miller got a standing ovation when he entered the game.give somebody/something a standing ovation: · The speech was given a standing ovation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She got a round of applause (=a short period of applause) when she finished. He left the stage to rapturous applause.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She was greeted with rapturous applause. His speech was greeted with thunderous applause.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
She got a round of applause (=a short period of applause) when she finished. He left the stage to rapturous applause.· His speech was greeted by enthusiastic applause.
She was greeted with rapturous applause. His speech was greeted with thunderous applause.· Many were overawed by the occasion though, with one of the Highland entrants taking exception to the crowd's enthusiastic applause.· They had been stimulated as well as gratified, and their enthusiastic applause showed it.· According to the report from Munich, enthusiastic applause broke forth at the scene from Hitler's Reichstag speech.· Rossi joined in the enthusiastic applause which rippled around the tables.
· The greatest applause went to a young researcher who highlighted the poor career opportunities she faced.· There was great applause when the Makhmalbaf family took a bow.· The large orchestra was very well conducted by Ormsby Wilkins, who, like the two ballets, received great applause.· Rumours of his ill-health had cast gloom over the previous weeks, and his presence - on foot - brought great applause.
· There would be loud applause for the suggestion from Labour Back Benchers, but he has my sympathy.· As he rose, he waved his hand to the stunned crowd, which broke into loud applause.· Behind the stern blue drapes of the Tory Conference you could feel the pocked walls mouldering to the loud applause.· He will be the one playing to the packed houses, the one gaining the loudest applause on the hustings.· There was loud applause as the young man was led up to receive his prize.· As all the performers were either related to or known to the audience each act was greeted with loud and equal applause.· Then I walked towards the room just as loud applause was heard.· Both shots prompted loud applause from the audience and acknowledgements from my sporting opponent.
· At the end there was polite applause from perhaps half the women.· This was not a collection that sparked shouts, cheers or even an occasional burst of polite applause.· I stumbled off to polite applause.· When the girl sat down, there was another polite sound of applause.· The keynote speaker had wound up to polite applause.· He received polite applause from perhaps two in the crowd of about 40.· His strident 30-minute stump speech was interrupted only a couple of times with polite applause.
· He is being honest and honesty is such a rare quality in a performer that the audience are stunned. Rapturous applause.· That got a rapturous round of applause too. emailinc Yeah, great!· When Nicholas returned to Parkhead to play his home debut in a showpiece friendly against Everton he was greeted with rapturous applause.
· Oh boy I need a round of applause.· There was a round of applause for Captain Pintar.· Smiling at the round of applause from his audience, he took his seat on the front chaiselongue and the show began.· A round of applause for the acting ability of Quincx Roirbak in that case.· A round of applause please, ladies and gentlemen.
· The congregation broke into spontaneous applause.· Each presentation from the two subgroups was greeted by spontaneous applause.· His abusive father routine earned him a spontaneous burst of applause, his voice booming to the rafters.
· The cries of protest are lost in thunderous applause, and then a hush descends.· The audience of 2, 500 responded to his declaration with sustained and thunderous applause.· Val Graham's team secured the prize to thunderous applause after a playoff.· The auditorium was silent for a moment, then a thunderous wave of applause broke.
· Then he banged a gavel to pronounce them married and they all kissed, to wild applause from the gallery.· The results are greeted by wild applause as one act is toppled from the lead by another and so on.· This time it was passed by 34 votes to 24 amid wild applause from the public gallery.
VERB· As he lifted his cap to acknowledge the applause, they froze.· Bedford stood to acknowledge the applause.· He smiled all round, acknowledging the applause, and kissed his hand to some of the girls at the front.· Several times from wing to a desk at center stage he glanced out at the audience to acknowledge the applause.· The act ended with a hand gallop round the ring, band playing triumphant music, to acknowledge the applause.· Lawrence was lifted shoulder-high by fans as he acknowledged the applause and the delight of the assembled Boro faithful.· He stood in the ballroom entrance and acknowledged the applause with a small bow.
· The huge crowd spontaneously broke into applause.· The congregation broke into spontaneous applause.· George, the twins and Willie broke out into applause.· As the lights went on and the audience broke into applause, Stafford waited for Cantor to rise.· As the cortege reached George Square in the heart of Glasgow, the crowd watched silently until some one broke into applause.· The star-studded crowd at the Forum broke into applause right away, as if encouraging Hamilton to keep going.· As he rose, he waved his hand to the stunned crowd, which broke into loud applause.
· The curtains closed and the audience burst into applause and cheers.· On the television, quick bursts of canned applause.· The bowing stopped: the hundred men burst into applause.· The courtroom burst into applause and shouts when the verdict was read.· Jeffries turned away to look out the window and the class burst into applause.· The audience burst into grateful applause.
· His statement was greeted with applause.· His statement on abortion was greeted by moderate applause.· The majority were for law and were greeted by applause in an assembly of the staff and students.· Each presentation from the two subgroups was greeted by spontaneous applause.· The results are greeted by wild applause as one act is toppled from the lead by another and so on.· Some reporters greeted Parker with applause and asked respectful questions.· The uniforms were greeted with applause as nine models, including three blacks, marched along the podium.· This was greeted with considerable applause.
· Despite my nervousness, I sing it well and receive a hearty applause at the end.· Stephany received loud, sustained applause when complimented by Roberts yesterday.· She received warm applause, and during the interval respectable queues formed before her table of books, as before N'dosi's.· Both were received with appreciative applause.· Maginn's speech was received with applause.· He received polite applause from perhaps two in the crowd of about 40.· He expected and would receive all the superficial applause for the Hollywood stud.
· And Dorothea talked so, about nothing at all, spinning her phrases out and for ever trying to win attention and applause.· That move won bipartisan applause from the House panel members Wednesday.· It was the only part of the performance which won applause.· Lamm may continue to win applause lines by taking on the constituencies that Republicans and Democrats try so hard to appease.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► break into a smile/a song/applause etc
the sound of many people hitting their hands together and shouting, to show that they have enjoyed something: - And another executioner earned the crowd's ecstatic applause when he beheaded two criminals with one blow!
- It received universally ecstatic reviews, and deservedly so.
- Now after ecstatic reviews it is playing to packed audiences in London.
- With Bley conducting and Paul Haines, the original librettist, as narrator, the opera was revived to ecstatic reviews.
- Not a Cal Ripken pent-up emotional outburst kind of ovation, mind you, but a nice little round of applause.
- Oh boy I need a round of applause.
- That got a rapturous round of applause too. emailinc Yeah, great!
- The team gives Ted a round of applause.
- The whistling sounded like feedback, and his hammering on the piano became a dying round of applause.
- There was a round of applause for Captain Pintar.
- To a round of applause, Mrs Fanning was escorted back to the table by her partner.
- When Wooley, who is a witty and vigorously persuasive speaker, finished, she received a big round of applause.
She got a round of applause (=a short period of applause) when she finished.rapturous/enthusiastic applause He left the stage to rapturous applause.loud/thunderous applause