applaud
verb /əˈplɔːd/
/əˈplɔːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they applaud | /əˈplɔːd/ /əˈplɔːd/ |
| he / she / it applauds | /əˈplɔːdz/ /əˈplɔːdz/ |
| past simple applauded | /əˈplɔːdɪd/ /əˈplɔːdɪd/ |
| past participle applauded | /əˈplɔːdɪd/ /əˈplɔːdɪd/ |
| -ing form applauding | /əˈplɔːdɪŋ/ /əˈplɔːdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to show your approval of somebody/something by clapping your hands (= hitting your open hands together several times) synonym clap
- He started to applaud and the others joined in.
- applaud somebody They rose to applaud the speaker.
- She was applauded as she came on stage.
- The audience applauded loudly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- enthusiastically
- heartily
- loudly
- …
- [transitive] (formal) to express praise for somebody/something because you approve of them or it
- applaud something We applaud her decision.
- His efforts to improve the situation are to be applauded.
- The decision to save the company has been warmly applauded.
- applaud somebody (for something) I applaud her for having the courage to refuse.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- warmly
- widely
- is to be applauded
- should be applauded
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin applaudere, from ad- ‘to’ + plaudere ‘to clap’, reinforced by French applaudir.