acclaim
pronunciation
How to pronounce acclaim in British English:
UK [əˈkleɪm]
How to pronounce acclaim in American English:
US [əˈkleɪm]
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- Noun:
- enthusiastic approval
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- Verb:
- praise vociferously
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
Word Origin
- acclaim (n.)
- "act of acclaiming," 1667 (in Milton), from acclaim (v.).
- acclaim (v.)
- early 14c., "to lay claim to," from Latin acclamare "to cry out at" (see acclamation); the meaning "to applaud" is recorded by 1630s. Related: Acclaimed; acclaiming.
Example
- 1. Mr blair and ms rowling won instant acclaim for their novelty and charm .
- 2. Prestige and acclaim are hard currency in the film business , in many ways more valuable than money .
- 3. This week , after an unaccountably long lag , professional acclaim for this bold , purposeful theorist finally converged on its natural rate .
- 4. This made it easier for nazarbayev to later close the site , to popular acclaim .
- 5. But , to the shock of andrew mason , groupon 's big numbers were not met with the kind of acclaim he 'd grown used to receiving from the press .