noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appreciative laughter/applause
enthusiastic applause
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His speech was greeted by enthusiastic applause.
rapturous applause
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She was greeted with rapturous applause .
thunderous applause
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His speech was greeted with thunderous applause .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
enthusiastic
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Many were overawed by the occasion though, with one of the Highland entrants taking exception to the crowd's enthusiastic applause .
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They had been stimulated as well as gratified, and their enthusiastic applause showed it.
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According to the report from Munich, enthusiastic applause broke forth at the scene from Hitler's Reichstag speech.
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Rossi joined in the enthusiastic applause which rippled around the tables.
great
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The greatest applause went to a young researcher who highlighted the poor career opportunities she faced.
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There was great applause when the Makhmalbaf family took a bow.
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The large orchestra was very well conducted by Ormsby Wilkins, who, like the two ballets, received great applause .
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Rumours of his ill-health had cast gloom over the previous weeks, and his presence - on foot - brought great applause .
loud
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There would be loud applause for the suggestion from Labour Back Benchers, but he has my sympathy.
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As he rose, he waved his hand to the stunned crowd, which broke into loud applause .
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Behind the stern blue drapes of the Tory Conference you could feel the pocked walls mouldering to the loud applause .
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He will be the one playing to the packed houses, the one gaining the loudest applause on the hustings.
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There was loud applause as the young man was led up to receive his prize.
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As all the performers were either related to or known to the audience each act was greeted with loud and equal applause .
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Then I walked towards the room just as loud applause was heard.
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Both shots prompted loud applause from the audience and acknowledgements from my sporting opponent.
polite
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At the end there was polite applause from perhaps half the women.
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This was not a collection that sparked shouts, cheers or even an occasional burst of polite applause .
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I stumbled off to polite applause .
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When the girl sat down, there was another polite sound of applause .
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The keynote speaker had wound up to polite applause .
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He received polite applause from perhaps two in the crowd of about 40.
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His strident 30-minute stump speech was interrupted only a couple of times with polite applause .
rapturous
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He is being honest and honesty is such a rare quality in a performer that the audience are stunned. Rapturous applause .
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That got a rapturous round of applause too. emailinc Yeah, great!
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When Nicholas returned to Parkhead to play his home debut in a showpiece friendly against Everton he was greeted with rapturous applause .
round
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Oh boy I need a round of applause .
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There was a round of applause for Captain Pintar.
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Smiling at the round of applause from his audience, he took his seat on the front chaiselongue and the show began.
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A round of applause for the acting ability of Quincx Roirbak in that case.
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A round of applause please, ladies and gentlemen.
spontaneous
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The congregation broke into spontaneous applause .
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Each presentation from the two subgroups was greeted by spontaneous applause .
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His abusive father routine earned him a spontaneous burst of applause , his voice booming to the rafters.
thunderous
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The cries of protest are lost in thunderous applause , and then a hush descends.
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The audience of 2, 500 responded to his declaration with sustained and thunderous applause .
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Val Graham's team secured the prize to thunderous applause after a playoff.
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The auditorium was silent for a moment, then a thunderous wave of applause broke.
wild
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Then he banged a gavel to pronounce them married and they all kissed, to wild applause from the gallery.
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The results are greeted by wild applause as one act is toppled from the lead by another and so on.
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This time it was passed by 34 votes to 24 amid wild applause from the public gallery.
■ VERB
acknowledge
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As he lifted his cap to acknowledge the applause , they froze.
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Bedford stood to acknowledge the applause .
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He smiled all round, acknowledging the applause , and kissed his hand to some of the girls at the front.
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Several times from wing to a desk at center stage he glanced out at the audience to acknowledge the applause .
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The act ended with a hand gallop round the ring, band playing triumphant music, to acknowledge the applause .
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Lawrence was lifted shoulder-high by fans as he acknowledged the applause and the delight of the assembled Boro faithful.
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He stood in the ballroom entrance and acknowledged the applause with a small bow.
break
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The huge crowd spontaneously broke into applause .
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The congregation broke into spontaneous applause .
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George, the twins and Willie broke out into applause .
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As the lights went on and the audience broke into applause , Stafford waited for Cantor to rise.
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As the cortege reached George Square in the heart of Glasgow, the crowd watched silently until some one broke into applause .
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The star-studded crowd at the Forum broke into applause right away, as if encouraging Hamilton to keep going.
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As he rose, he waved his hand to the stunned crowd, which broke into loud applause .
burst
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The curtains closed and the audience burst into applause and cheers.
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On the television, quick bursts of canned applause .
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The bowing stopped: the hundred men burst into applause .
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The courtroom burst into applause and shouts when the verdict was read.
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Jeffries turned away to look out the window and the class burst into applause .
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The audience burst into grateful applause .
greet
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His statement was greeted with applause .
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His statement on abortion was greeted by moderate applause .
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The majority were for law and were greeted by applause in an assembly of the staff and students.
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Each presentation from the two subgroups was greeted by spontaneous applause .
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The results are greeted by wild applause as one act is toppled from the lead by another and so on.
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Some reporters greeted Parker with applause and asked respectful questions.
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The uniforms were greeted with applause as nine models, including three blacks, marched along the podium.
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This was greeted with considerable applause .
receive
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Despite my nervousness, I sing it well and receive a hearty applause at the end.
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Stephany received loud, sustained applause when complimented by Roberts yesterday.
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She received warm applause , and during the interval respectable queues formed before her table of books, as before N'dosi's.
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Both were received with appreciative applause .
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Maginn's speech was received with applause .
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He received polite applause from perhaps two in the crowd of about 40.
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He expected and would receive all the superficial applause for the Hollywood stud.
win
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And Dorothea talked so, about nothing at all, spinning her phrases out and for ever trying to win attention and applause .
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That move won bipartisan applause from the House panel members Wednesday.
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It was the only part of the performance which won applause .
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Lamm may continue to win applause lines by taking on the constituencies that Republicans and Democrats try so hard to appease.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
break into a smile/a song/applause etc
ecstatic review/praise/applause
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And another executioner earned the crowd's ecstatic applause when he beheaded two criminals with one blow!
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It received universally ecstatic reviews, and deservedly so.
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Now after ecstatic reviews it is playing to packed audiences in London.
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With Bley conducting and Paul Haines, the original librettist, as narrator, the opera was revived to ecstatic reviews.
round of applause
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Not a Cal Ripken pent-up emotional outburst kind of ovation, mind you, but a nice little round of applause.
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Oh boy I need a round of applause.
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That got a rapturous round of applause too. emailinc Yeah, great!
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The team gives Ted a round of applause.
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The whistling sounded like feedback, and his hammering on the piano became a dying round of applause.
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There was a round of applause for Captain Pintar.
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To a round of applause, Mrs Fanning was escorted back to the table by her partner.
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When Wooley, who is a witty and vigorously persuasive speaker, finished, she received a big round of applause.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The candidate's promise to improve public schools was greeted with a loud round of applause .
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The conductor waited for the applause to die down before signalling for the orchestra to begin.
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There was loud applause when the band members ran onto the stage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His abusive father routine earned him a spontaneous burst of applause , his voice booming to the rafters.
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However, Judge Frossard has won the support of fellow justices and applause from a crime-weary public.
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The cries of protest are lost in thunderous applause , and then a hush descends.
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The crowd, ever growing, explodes into laughter and applause .
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The sustained applause that followed suggested they may get their wish.
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There was great applause when the Makhmalbaf family took a bow.
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This was not a collection that sparked shouts, cheers or even an occasional burst of polite applause .
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To say the least, applause came haltingly.