applause
Noun
Meaning
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
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According to him, the programme has been running hitch-free in the state and gained a lot of acceptance and applause from the people.
After the commercial, the audience is brought back to a supposedly "live feed" of the playing field hearing startled sports commentators as Alexander and the dog land in the field to wild applause.
After much applause following the first and second acts, Wagner spoke to the audience and said that the cast would take no curtain calls until the end of the performance.
Anderson’s celebrations were characteristically sedate, even as the brisk applause from the scattered gathering of teammates, ground-staff, broadcasters and commentators echoed in the empty stands in the absence of the crowd.
As she was taken to safety and wrapped in a foil blanket, she called for her mother, an AFP correspondent said, as the anxious crowd broke into rapturous applause, with some hugging each other and others crying.
A round of applause once a week, however heartfelt, provides no protection against the virus and does nothing to help with the cost of living.