1 to show your approval of sb/sth by CLAPPING your hands:
[V] He started to applaud and the others joined in. * [VN] The conference rose to applaud the speaker. * She was applauded as she came on stage.
2 [VN] ~ sb/sth (for sth) (formal) to express praise for sb/sth because you approve of them or it:
We applaud her decision. * His efforts to improve the situation are to be applauded. * I applaud her for having the courage to refuse.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for applaud is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is applaud a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, applaud is tagged as verb.
Does applaud appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — applaud appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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