applaud

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English applauden, from Latin applaudere (“to clap the hands together, applaud”), from ad (“to”) + plaudere (“to strike, clap”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈplɔːd/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈplɔd/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /əˈplɑd/ Rhymes: -ɔːd Rhymes: -ɒd === Noun === applaud (plural applauds) (obsolete) Applause; applauding. (obsolete) Plaudit. ==== Related terms ==== applause === Verb === applaud (third-person singular simple present applauds, present participle applauding, simple past and past participle applauded) (transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands. Synonyms: beclap, clap (transitive, intransitive) To praise, or express approval for something or someone. Synonyms: acclaim, beclap, cheer on; see also Thesaurus:cheer, Thesaurus:glorify ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “applaud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “applaud”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “applaud”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.