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Acclamation

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Noun

1. acclaim, acclamation, eclat, plaudit, plaudits

enthusiastic approval

Example Sentences:
'the book met with modest acclaim'
'he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd'
'they gave him more eclat than he really deserved'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Acclamation

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noun
1. 
an enthusiastic reception or exhibition of welcome, approval, etc
2. 
an expression of approval by a meeting or gathering through shouts or applause
3. Canadian
an instance of electing or being elected without opposition
there were two acclamations in the 1985 election
4.  by acclamation

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Acclamation

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noun
1. 
an acclaiming or being acclaimed
2. 
loud applause or strong approval
3. 
a vote by voice; esp., an enthusiastic approving vote without an actual count
elected by acclamation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Acclamation

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n.
1. A shout or salute of enthusiastic approval.
2. An oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval taken without formal ballot: a motion passed by acclamation.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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