Definitions for applaud

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applaud ap·plaud

Spelling: [uh-plawd]

IPA: /əˈplɔd/

Applaud is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in applaud (aadlppu).

Definitions for applaud

verb (used with object)

1. to clap the hands so as to show approval, appreciation, etc., of:
2. to praise or express approval of:

verb (used without object)

1. to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.:
2. to express approval; give praise; acclaim.

Origin of applaud

1530-40; Latin applaudere, equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + plaudere to clap the hands

Examples for applaud

And every body will applaud an event that every body expects.

When he spoke all was tranquility of attention, and every mouth was open to applaud.

But self-improvement is a dull game when there is no one to applaud your score.

If it was The View, someone off to the side would be motioning for the audience to applaud.

It seems backwards to applaud what is already necessary, what has already been clear for a long time.

What are you the worse if the people hiss at you, so you applaud yourself?

Far beyond his well-earned lucre, this is the reason to applaud Radcliffe the most.

They were up on their feet so often to applaud the Texas senator that his speech was practically an aerobics class.

I applaud Paul Ryan and the CBC members for their willingness to engage while respectfully listening to what each had to say.

I had an indescribable sense that I ought to applaud, as if I were a public meeting.