Definitions for acclaim

acclaim ac·claim

Spelling: [uh-kleym]
IPA: /əˈkleɪm/

Acclaim is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in acclaim (aaccilm).

Definitions for acclaim

noun

  1. acclamation (defs 1, 2).

verb (used with object)

  1. to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud:
  2. to announce or proclaim with enthusiastic approval:

verb (used without object)

  1. to make acclamation; applaud.

Origin of acclaim

From the Latin word acclāmāre, dating back to 1630-40. See ac-, claim

Examples for acclaim

Despite the acclaim and the viral popularity, the band has never lost that independant creative spirit.

The show ran for five seasons, earning both popularity and acclaim in the process.

What had once been a matter of survival became a road to acclaim.

acclaim ensued (then-New York magazine critic John Simon called it “unforgettable”) but no Broadway transfer.

This was received with acclaim, but many objected to the mortuary theory.

Yet, the ever-visionary Van Gogh still feels the possibility of acclaim after his imminent death.

Where there is true greatness, let us acclaim it; where there is true worth, let us prize it—as if it were our own.

All the people, high and low, streamed together, to acclaim her.

The system,—they acclaim in one breath,—the system makes us do what we do not wish to do.

But the acclaim for The Spy had been so great that I was in for a hiding anyway, and knew it.

Word Value for acclaim
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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