applause

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The sound and act of clapping the hands to show approval.

   There was loud applause when she finished her speech.

Common collocations

• polite applause Adjective + noun
• warm applause Adjective + noun
• earn applause Verb + noun
• receive applause Verb + noun
• thunderous applause Adjective + noun
• draw applause Verb + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-h₂- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d- Latin plaudō Latin applaudō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin applaususbor. English applause From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud).

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