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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
praise
/pɹeɪz/
verb1 of 2
to express approval of something or someone
- “People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”Tatoeba
- “No matter what he may do, he will be praised.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
Commendation; favourable representation in words
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)