laud
verb /lɔːd/
/lɔːd/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they laud | /lɔːd/ /lɔːd/ |
| he / she / it lauds | /lɔːdz/ /lɔːdz/ |
| past simple lauded | /ˈlɔːdɪd/ /ˈlɔːdɪd/ |
| past participle lauded | /ˈlɔːdɪd/ /ˈlɔːdɪd/ |
| -ing form lauding | /ˈlɔːdɪŋ/ /ˈlɔːdɪŋ/ |
- laud somebody/something to praise somebody/something
- He was lauded for his courage.
Word Originlate Middle English: the noun from Old French laude, the verb from Latin laudare, both from Latin laus, laud- ‘praise’.