/ əʊˈveɪʃn; NAmE oʊ-/ noun
enthusiastic clapping by an audience as a sign of their approval :
to give sb a huge / rapturous / rousing ovation
The soloist got a ten-minute standing ovation (= in which people stand up from their seats) .
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent. (originally referring to a processional entrance into Ancient Rome by a victorious commander): from Latin ovatio(n-) , from ovare exult. The word had the sense exultation from the mid 17th to early 19th cent.