acclamation
pronunciation
How to pronounce acclamation in British English:
UK [ˌækləˈmeɪʃn]
How to pronounce acclamation in American English:
US [ˌækləˈmeʃən]
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- Noun:
- enthusiastic approval
Word Origin
- acclamation (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin acclamationem (nominative acclamatio) "a calling, exclamation, shout of approval," noun of action from past participle stem of acclamare "shout approval or disapproval of, cry out at," from ad- "toward" (see ad-) + clamare "cry out" (see claim (v.)). As a method of voting en masse, by 1801, probably from the French Revolution.
Example
- 1. Used to express acclamation , salute , or applause .
- 2. The committee carries the bill by acclamation .
- 3. In hiddenness we do not receive human acclamation , admiration , support , or encouragement .
- 4. They took an oath to the lord with loud acclamation , with shouting and with trumpets and horns .
- 5. The decision was given by a show of hands aeschylus , the suppliants or by acclamation .