applause

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When I presented it in the name of Caroline Darrah Brown in memory of her mother and her grandfather, General Darrah, you could have heard a pin drop for a few seconds, then the applause was almost a sob.

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  1. noun Approval expressed especially by the clapping of hands.
  2. noun Praise; commendation: a scientific discovery that won critical applause.

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  • The elder McArdle was a big, imposing looking man, with a voice to match, who gave the speeches of O'Connell and the other orators of Conciliation Hall with such effect that the applause was always given exactly in the right places, and with as much heartiness as if greeting the original speakers. —  The Life Story of an Old Rebel
  • The house was packed closer than grass on an English lawn, and the applause was almost continuous, like the moan or roar of a distant sea. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Shakspere, by Colonel John A. Joyce
  • He did deserve the applause, if only for fortitude ... or maybe the applause was for Animal from The Muppets, who dropped in to play the drums. —  Gothamist
  • While his comments drew applause from the Chinese audience of business leaders, lawmakers in his native Hong Kong and Taiwan considered them an insult —  ITN Headlines
  • "Thank you" to the crowd for their applause, and "thank you" to them for making the effort to even show up, —  Irish Blogs
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Medieval Latin applausus, from past participle of Latin applaudere, to applaud; see applaud.

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  1. = Spanish aplauso= Portuguese Italian applauso, from Latin as if *applausus, n., from applausus, past participle of applaudere, applaud; cf. plausus, applause, from plaudere, applaud.
  2. from applause, n.
 

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