0 past simple and past participle of applaud
1 to show enjoyment or approval of something such as a performance or speech by clapping the hands repeatedly to make a noise:
2 to say that you admire and agree with a person's action or decision:
So let's hear some applause for these talented young performers.
Public avowals of conversion, often a major part of the service, made members themselves scripts to be enacted and applauded.
This attention to the local, the contextual and the plebeian in understanding the outbreak of war has to be applauded.
For this the compilers and the publisher have to be applauded.
