📖 Определения и значения для слова applaud
📒 to show your approval of somebody/something by clapping your hands (= hitting your open hands together several times)
- He started to applaud and the others joined in.
- applaud somebody They rose to applaud the speaker.
- She was applauded as she came on stage.
📒 to express praise for somebody/something because you approve of them or it
- applaud something We applaud her decision.
- His efforts to improve the situation are to be applauded.
- The decision to save the company has been warmly applauded.