Definitions for acclaims

acclaims ac·claim

Spelling: [uh-kleym]
IPA: /əˈkleɪm/

Acclaims is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in acclaims (aaccilms).

Definitions for acclaims

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 acclaims

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

Examples for acclaims

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for acclaims
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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