noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
standing ovation (= when people stand up to clap after a performance )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
standing
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And by now, every point won by Forget received a wild, standing ovation .
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Administrator Michael Barnes was given a standing ovation after addressing the audience.
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There were more standing ovations than I've ever heard.
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A blonde Tory had stripped and received a standing ovation from a minority of her audience.
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The delegates accorded Ciaran Ryan a standing ovation .....
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After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her ... while he accepted a standing ovation .
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As he fell, a smoking black handprint on his chest, he heard the standing ovation building.
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In the end, Linfield left the pitch to a standing ovation from the Windsor faithful.
■ VERB
get
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As always Vinny will get a huge ovation .
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I got a standing ovation from the board.
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His talk got a standing ovation .
give
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Administrator Michael Barnes was given a standing ovation after addressing the audience.
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They gave him a standing ovation from the dugout and promised to present him with the game ball.
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As the audience gave them a standing ovation , he and Eminem hugged on stage.
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They clap; they yell; they give her a standing ovation .
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When I finished speaking, the audience gave me a standing ovation .
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The fans, aware this was no game, gave him a thunderous ovation when they saw him.
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The delegates gave her a standing ovation as she walked back to the podium.
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At the end of the presentation they gave me a standing ovation , and I hardly even noticed it.
receive
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A blonde Tory had stripped and received a standing ovation from a minority of her audience.
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He received a standing ovation from the entire chamber.
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Outspoken speeches were given which received spontaneous standing ovations .
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Ferraro had received the loudest ovation in the introductions.
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After receiving standing ovations , Dent went on to tour with the B-52s.
stand
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As the audience gave them a standing ovation , he and Eminem hugged on stage.
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Farrakhan entered the Palladium to a thunderous standing ovation .
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Yet the standing ovations and hand-wringing subservience she generates would make you think she'd cured cancer.
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When I finished speaking, the audience gave me a standing ovation .
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It received a standing ovation from the crew.
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I got a standing ovation from the board.
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His talk got a standing ovation .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A packed Hall of graduates and undergraduates gave Baroness Park an affectionate standing ovation at the end of her after dinner speech.
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His parishioners applauded more out of charity than conviction, and the emptiness of the ovation embarrassed both speaker and audience alike.
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I got a standing ovation from the board.
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Outspoken speeches were given which received spontaneous standing ovations.
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The standing ovations were over for a while.
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When I finished speaking, the audience gave me a standing ovation .