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applaudapplaud /əˈplɔd/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYapplaudOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin applaudere, from ad- to + plaudere to applaud VERB TABLEapplaud |
| Present | I, you, we, they | applaud | | he, she, it | applauds | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | applauded | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have applauded | | he, she, it | has applauded | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had applauded | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will applaud | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have applauded |
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| Present | I | am applauding | | he, she, it | is applauding | | you, we, they | are applauding | | Past | I, he, she, it | was applauding | | you, we, they | were applauding | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been applauding | | he, she, it | has been applauding | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been applauding | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be applauding | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been applauding |
THESAURUSto say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly► praiseto say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly: The new freeway plan has been praised by local business leaders. ► congratulate to tell someone that you are happy that he or she has achieved something: He congratulated Susan on winning the contest. ► flatter to say nice things about someone, sometimes when you do not really mean it, often to get something you want: He said I was beautiful, but I think he was just trying to flatter me. ► compliment (also pay somebody a compliment) to say something nice about the way someone looks or what someone has done in order to praise him or her: He complimented her on her delicious cooking. ► extol formal to praise something very much: One of his colleagues extolled him as “a very fine human being.” ► commend formal to praise someone or something publicly or formally: The children were commended for saving the dog. ► applaud formal to publicly praise a decision, action, or idea: Business leaders applauded the government’s decision to lower taxes. 1[intransitive, transitive] to hit your open hands together to show that you have enjoyed a play, concert, speaker, etc. SYN clap: People laughed and applauded politely. The president was applauded repeatedly during his 40-minute speech.2to express strong approval of and praise for an idea, plan, etc.: We applaud the company’s efforts to improve safety.► see thesaurus at praise1 |