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Definitions: Acclaim |
AcclaimNoun1. Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved". Verb1. Praise vociferously. 2. Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acclaim" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | ACCLAIM |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ACCLAIM | English | Advanced Concurrent Constraint Languages:Application Implementation and Methodology | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AcclaimSynonyms: acclamation (n), eclat (n), plaudit (n), plaudits (n), applaud (v), clap (v), hail (v), herald (v), spat (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: boo (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Approbation | Applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise; Prytaneum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Acclaim |
| English words defined with "acclaim": unlaureled, unlaurelled. (references) |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Applause; applaud; acclaim; praise; praising; bravo; performance; show; clapping; claps; clap. |
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Economic History | Bolivia | An important body of native baroque religious music of the colonial period was recovered in recent years and has been performed internationally to wide acclaim since 1994. Bolivian artists of stature in the 20th century include, among others, Guzman de Rojas, Arturo Borda, Maria Luisa Pacheco, and Marina Nunez del Prado. (references) |
China | China received international acclaim for maintaining the value of its currency during and following the Asian financial crisis in late 1997. (Stringent foreign exchange controls, however, helped prevent the kind of capital flight that plagued Mexico, Thailand and other countries in earlier periods.) Although some believe China will widen the narrow band in which its currency trades, China continues to enjoy large trade and investment surpluses and has accumulated official foreign currency reserves in excess of $175 billion, more than ample to defend the exchange rate. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | I would like to acclaim an era of good feeling amid dependable prosperity and all the blessings which attend. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has gained world acclaim for its dispassionate reports. |
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| "Acclaim" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.70% of the time. "Acclaim" is used about 233 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.7% | 216 | 20,583 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.15% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.29% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.86% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 233 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Acclaim Entertainment Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "acclaim": acclaim smb. as king ♦ acclaim smb. king. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acclaim | 212 |
plymouth acclaim | 74 |
acclaim energy | 32 |
acclaim entertainment | 29 |
acclaim energy trust | 25 |
1990 plymouth acclaim | 16 |
1994 plymouth acclaim | 15 |
acclaim entertainment inc | 13 |
acclaim sports | 12 |
acclaim game | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "acclaim"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | applous (acclamation, approval), apploudiseer (applaud, clap), akklamasie (acclamation, approval). (various references) | |
Albanian | duartrokas fort, brohoritje (acclamation, applause, cheer, cheering, furor, hail, ovation, recall, salvo, Viva), brohorit (cheer), brohoras (cheer). (various references) | |
Arabic | هلل (cheer, praise), هتف (applaud, blare, cheer, ejaculate, exclaim, root, whoop, yell), هتاف (acclamation, applause, cheer, cheering, clarion, cry, ejaculation, exclamation, hallo, ovation, plaudit, whoop, yell), نادى به, صفق (applaud, clap, decant, peg). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | възторжен вик, одобрявам възторжено, одобрявам бурно, одобрение (acceptance, accolade, approbation, approval, authorization, confirmation, fiat, imprimatur, okay, passing, plaudit, sanction, thumbs up), акламация (acclamation), акламирам (hail), аплодирам (applaud, cheer, rise to), приветствувам (greet, hail, salute), приветствие (greeting, hail, salutation), приемам с бурно одобрение, посрещам с акламации. (various references) | |
Chinese | 赞叹, 喝采 (cheer), 歡呼 (cheer for). (various references) | |
Czech | aklamovat, velebit (bless, celebrate, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, Laud, praise), vítat (cheer, greet, welcome), uznávat (acknowledge, appreciate, rate, receive), uznání (acknowledgement, appreciation, recognition), provolávat slávu, pozdravovat, nadšený souhlas, nadšenì (wholeheartedly), chvála (commendation, Laud, praise). (various references) | |
Danish | bifald (acclamation, approval). (various references) | |
Dutch | toejuichen (applaud, clap). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aprobo (approval), aplaŭdo (acclamation, approval), aplaŭdi (applaud, clap), aklamo (acclamation, approval), aklami (applaud). (various references) | |
Faeroese | fagnaðarróp (acclamation, approval). (various references) | |
Farsi | هلهله یافریادکردن , ندادادن , کف زدن.تحسین , جارکشیدن , افرین گفتن (Applaud), اعلام کردن (Enunciate, Exclaim, Herald, Notify, Promulgate), ادعاکردن (Assert, Claim, Contend, Profess). (various references) | |
Finnish | taputtaa käsiään (applaud, clap). (various references) | |
French | applaudir, acclamation (acclamation), acclamer. (various references) | |
Frisian | ynstimming (acclamation, approval), hantsjeklappen (acclamation, approval), hantsjeklappe (applaud, clap), earne mei ynstimme (applaud, clap). (various references) | |
German | Beifall (acclamation, acclamations, applause, approval, cheering, cheers, clap, hand, plaudit), zujubeln (cheer, hail, to acclaim), Beifall spenden (applaud, clap, to applaud). (various references) | |
Greek | επευφημώ (applaud, cheer, root). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"ריע (cheer, shout, shout in triumph, trumpet), תשואות (applause, cheering, plaudits, uproar). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tapsol (applaud, clap, clap one's hands, to applaud, to cheer, to clap), szavalat (acclamation, approval, declamation, recitation), szaval (applaud, declaim, hold forth, recite, to declaim, to give a recitation, to rant, to recite), lelkesen kiállt, lelkes éljenzés, éljenez (cheer, to give a cheer, to hurrah, to huzza). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tepuk tangan sorak, sambutan gembira, menyoraki. (various references) | |
Italian | applaudire (applaud, cheer, clap), acclamare (applaud), battere le mani (applaud, clap), approvazione (acceptance, acceptation, accolade, approbation, approval, assent, authorisation, countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsation, indorsement, licensing, official approval, seal of approval), applausi (acclamation, applause, approval). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 博 (command esteem, commanding esteem, doctor, exhibition, exposition, fair, gain, gaining, half, Ph.D., receive, receiving, win acclaim, winning acclaim). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ばく (command esteem, commanding esteem, doctor, exhibition, exposition, fair, gain, gaining, Ph.D., receive, receiving, tapir, win acclaim, winning acclaim), はく (be worn off, chief official, come off, command esteem, commanding esteem, count, counter for nights of a stay, discolor, doctor, earl, eldest brother, exhibition, exposition, fade, fair, gain, gaining, oak, peel off, Ph.D., receive, receiving, to breathe, to brush, to disgorge, to gather up, to put on, to sweep, to tell, to vomit, to wear, uncle, win acclaim, winning acclaim). (various references) | |
Manx | yllaghey (bawl, exclaim, shout), yllagh (barrack, call, call upon, cry, exclamation, page, shout, vocation). (various references) | |
Papiamen | aprobashon (approval), aplouso (acclamation, approval), aploudí (applaud, clap). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acclaimay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ovação (acclamation, approval, ovation), aplauso (acclamation, applause, approval, cheering, clap, hand, plaudit, praise), aplaudir (applaud, approve, cheer, clap, hearten, praiseworthy), aclamar (applaud, hail), aclamação (acclamation, applause, approval, hail, plausibility, volley). (various references) | |
Romanian | aplauze (applause, cheering, clap, clapping, hand), aplauda (applaud, cheer, clap, commend, greet, welcome), aclamaţie (acclamation, cheer, ovation, shout, storm), aclama (cheer, hail, hurrah, shout, welcome), saluta (bow, cheer, greet, hail, salute, welcome), ovaţiona (applaud, cheer). (various references) | |
Russian | шумное приветствие, шумно приветствовать, провозглашать (declare, enunciate, proclaim). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uzvikivanje (acclamation, shouting), klicanjem pozdraviti. (various references) | |
Spanish | aplaudir (applaud, cheer, clap), aclamar (acclaims, applaud, cheer, hail), aplauso (acclamation, applause, approval, hand). (various references) | |
Swedish | hylla (acknowledge, congratulate, embrace, espouse, hail, ledge, shelf). (various references) | |
Turkish | alkixlamak (applaud, clap), alkix (acclamation, approval), alkışlarla karşılamak, alkışlamak (applaud, cheer, clap, clap one's hands), alkış (acclamation, applause, cheer, clap, hand, plaudit, plaudits), takdír etmek (applaud, clap), ilan etmek (advertise, advertize, announce, annunciate, bill, blaze abroad, blazon abroad, blazon out, blow the whistle on, declare, enunciate, give out, noise about, noise abroad, post, preconize, proclaim, pronounce, publicize, publish, tell the world, trumpet, trumpet forth), beğeni (admiration, applause, credit, eclat, fancy, good taste, inclination, like, liking, regard, taste), övmek (accord praise, belaud, boost, build up, celebrate, commend, compliment, crack up, cry up, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, extoll, flatter, glorify, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute, praise, puff, sing smb.'s praise, sing the praises of, speak in praise of smb., talk up, vaunt). (various references) | |
Ukranian | радісне вітання, гучно вітати, гучне вітання, вигуки схвалення (acclamations, shouting), бурхливо аплодувати, проголошувати (air, declare, indict, noise, proclaim). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiếng hoan hô (hurrah, hurray, huzza). (various references) | |
Welsh | bloeddio cymeradwyaeth. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acclamare, acclamatio, applaudere. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "acclaim": acclaimed, acclaimer, acclaimers, acclaiming, acclaims. (additional references) | |
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"Acclaim" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaclaim, acclaima, acclain, accliam, Acclom, Ackham, Acklom, aclaim, Akwapim, ascain, Auclair, Macclim. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acclaim" (pronounced uklā"m) |
| 4 | -k l ā" m | claim, declaim, disclaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim. |
| 3 | -l ā" m | aflame, blame, flame, inflame, lame. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-m" | |
-1 letter: alcaic, calami, camail, cicala. | |
-2 letters: acmic, claim, lamia, malic. | |
-3 letters: alma, amia, caca, calm, clam, laic, lama, lima, mail, mica. | |
-4 letters: aal, ail, aim, ala, ama, ami, cam, lac, lam, mac, mil. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, al, am, la, li, ma, mi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-m" | |
+1 letter: acclaims. | |
+2 letters: acclaimed, acclaimer, acclimate, cacuminal. | |
+3 letters: academical, acclaimers, acclaiming, acclimated, acclimates, alchemical, immaculacy, malolactic, mechanical. | |
+4 letters: acclamation, acclimating, acclimation, acclimatise, acclimatize, acromegalic, camouflagic, cataclysmic, catechismal, impractical, malpractice, mechanicals, monarchical, saltimbocca. | |
+5 letters: academically, acclamations, acclimations, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatized, acclimatizer, acclimatizes, accumulating, accumulation, accumulative, acromegalics, agrichemical, agrochemical, alchemically, climatically, complaisance, decalcomania, galactosemic, hypocalcemia, immaculacies, machicolated, malpractices, mechanically, melancholiac, metagalactic, microbalance, miscalculate, saltimboccas, sarcoplasmic, schismatical, timocratical, tragicomical, unacclimated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 6C 61 69 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. .-.. .- .. -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01101100 01100001 01101001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c l a i m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 006C 0061 0069 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35696978677579 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Sounds 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Company Usage 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Abbreviations 16. Acronyms | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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