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applause

/əˈplɔːz/

An illustration for applause

noun

the sound made by clapping a performance or speech

  • “The audience members reacted to the speaker with applause.”Tatoeba
  • “Please give this team a round of applause.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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