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{
"term": "applaud",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "applaud",
"heSheIt": "applauds"
},
"pastSimple": "applauded",
"pastParticiple": "applauded",
"ingForm": "applauding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to show your approval of somebody/something by clapping your hands (= hitting your open hands together several times)",
"sensetop": "applaud somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He started to applaud and the others joined in."
},
{
"text": "They rose to applaud the speaker.",
"contextForm": "applaud somebody"
},
{
"text": "She was applauded as she came on stage."
},
{
"text": "The audience applauded loudly."
}
],
"synonyms": "clap",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["enthusiastically", "heartily", "loudly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to express praise for somebody/something because you approve of them or it",
"sensetop": "applaud somethingapplaud somebody (for something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We applaud her decision.",
"contextForm": "applaud something"
},
{
"text": "His efforts to improve the situation are to be applauded."
},
{
"text": "The decision to save the company has been warmly applauded."
},
{
"text": "I applaud her for having the courage to refuse.",
"contextForm": "applaud somebody (for something)"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["warmly", "widely"],
"phrases": ["is to be applauded", "should be applauded"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːd/",
"audio": "ap/applaud/applaud__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdz/",
"audio": "ap/applaud/applauds__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdɪd/",
"audio": "ap/applaud/applauded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "ap/applaud/applauding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːd/",
"audio": "ap/applaud/applaud__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdz/",
"audio": "ap/applaud/applauds__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdɪd/",
"audio": "ap/applaud/applauded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "ap/applaud/applauding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin applaudere, from ad- ‘to’ + plaudere ‘to clap’, reinforced by French applaudir."
}