Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise.
- v. To acknowledge or declare with enthusiastic approval: She was acclaimed person of the year.
- v. To shout approval.
- n. Enthusiastic applause; acclamation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To applaud; treat with words or sounds of joy or approval.
- To declare or salute by acclamation.
- To make acclamation; shout applause.
- n. A shout of joy; acclamation.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To shout; to call out.
- v. intransitive To shout approval; to express great approval.
- v. transitive (rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
- v. transitive, obsolete To claim.
- v. transitive To declare by acclamations.
- v. Canada, politics To elect to an office by having no opposition.
- n. poetic An acclamation; a shout of applause.
- n. obsolete A claim.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To applaud.
- v. To declare by acclamations.
- v. To shout.
- v. To shout applause.
- n. Poetic Acclamation.
WordNet 3.0
- v. praise vociferously
- n. enthusiastic approval
- v. clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
Etymologies
- From Latin acclāmāre : ad-, ad- + clāmāre, to shout; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“GEORGE PEMBA, "Garden of Eden," 1949, Estimate: $4,300 to $7,200 One of the first black artists to win acclaim in South Africa, George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba is revered for his images of township life under apartheid.”
“What makes this book so worthy of acclaim is the way it immerses the reader in the life and mindset of a gifted yet mentally ill teenager," proclaimed Walter M. Mayes, a middle school librarian and one of the members of the award committee.”
“But Davis, whose food won acclaim, is now returning to the Seattle area to join the team that operates the Purple Cafe & Wine Bar and other ventures.”
“Now the Gotham Chamber Opera, which performed Haydn's Il mondo della luna in January to great acclaim, is taking a crack at the wily feline -- staging the opera El gato con botas by Spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge with Tectonic Theater Project.”
The Huffington Post: Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Orlando, El Gato Con Botas, Meow Meow
“While MIÉVILLE doesn't recall his past harsh criticism of TOLKIEN, he nevertheless tempers and balances it out by complimenting the Professor and giving him acclaim, where acclaim is due.”
“But based on acclaim from a few of my trusted peers for the way it handles these very issues, I picked up CoD4 recently.”
“What heil first and foremost attempts to acclaim is the power of language to acclaim.”
“Erik Friedlander brings an amazingly rich one-man show to the table, and has won hefty chunk of acclaim from the likes of the previously posted Clogs (plays cello on their album Stick Music), John Vanderslice (Friedlander appears all over Pixel Revolt), and John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats.”
“Perhaps as a result the differences between the promise of exclusive production given in a patent and the financial reward and public acclaim from a premium society was a less precise one than we may have imagined.”
“Public acclaim is a way a book gets my attention whether through award wins, award nomination or reviews.”
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jeen0809 She was acclaimed as the best singer of the year. Mar 14, 2007
jiyoungchoi92 The queen won a wide acclaim from the people in England. Mar 12, 2007