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# applause

«applause» in Mova's school dictionary: **the sound of people clapping their hands to show they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (applause; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Applause is the sound of people clapping their hands to show they enjoyed something or agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#m1)

2) Applause is also praise or approval. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

At concerts, assemblies and sports events; in stories it tells the reader that something went well. Phrases: «a round of applause», «loud applause», «to applause», «thunderous applause».

### examples

- Let's give our singers a big round of applause! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#x1)
- The applause went on for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#x2)
- She walked onto the stage to loud applause. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#x3)
- The magician bowed after the applause. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#x4)
- There was polite applause when the head teacher finished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#x5)
- His brave act earned the applause of the whole town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#x6)
- This speech was greeted by much laughter and applause. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «an applause» and «applauses» are wrong; say «a round of applause». Verb: «applaud». Spelling: two p's, ends in -ause.

### In the corpora

- [Sports teams often wear black armbands or hold a minute's silence or applause to show respect and support.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «applause» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.