Acclamation

Definition: Acclamation

Acclamation

Noun

1. Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved".

Date "acclamation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Synonyms: Acclamation

Synonyms: acclaim (n), eclat (n), plaudit (n), plaudits (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Approbation	Applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise; Prytaneum.
Assent	Unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi; popular belief, current belief, current opinion; public opinion; concurrence; (of causes); cooperation; (voluntary).
	Carried, agreed, nem. coNoun: adVerb: unanimous; agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Acclamation

English words defined with "acclamation": Acclamation medals, Acclamatory ♦ Wassail bowl. (references)

Specialty definitions using "acclamation": tights. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Acclamation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (acclaim, acclamation, applause, approval, cheer, ovation).

Author	Quotation
Edmund Burke	We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	They were greeted by an enthusiastic acclamation.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Trinidad	In Trinidad and Tobago the High Court of Justice has jurisdiction over all matters involving sums in excess of TT$ 15,000 and can grant equitable relief such as acclamation injunctions and public law remedies. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity. Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Miss Lillian Russell's refusal to wear it, and many were the conjectures as to her motive, the guess of Miss Pauline Hall showing a high order of ingenuity and sustained reflection. It was Miss Hall's belief that nature had not endowed Miss Russell with beautiful legs. This theory was impossible of acceptance by the male understanding, but the conception of a faulty female leg was of so prodigious originality as to rank among the most brilliant feats of philosophical speculation! It is strange that in all the controversy regarding Miss Russell's aversion to tights no one seems to have thought to ascribe it to what was known among the ancients as "modesty." The nature of that sentiment is now imperfectly understood, and possibly incapable of exposition with the vocabulary that remains to us. The study of lost arts has, however, been recently revived and some of the arts themselves recovered. This is an epoch of renaissances, and there is ground for hope that the primitive "blush" may be dragged from its hiding-place amongst the tombs of antiquity and hissed on to the stage.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Acclamation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.62% of the time. "Acclamation" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.62%	41	53,521
Noun (common)	2.38%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	42	N/A

Expressions using "acclamation": Acclamation medals ♦ carried by acclamation. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "acclamation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		applous (acclaim, approval), akklamasie (acclaim, approval). (various references)

Albanian		miratim (acceptance, adoption, approbation, approval, assent, confirmation, consent, countenance, enactment, endorsement, Favor, favour, goodwill, imprimatur, indorsement, leave, ok, okay, okey, ratification, recognition, sanction, validation, warrant), brohoritje (acclaim, applause, cheer, cheering, furor, hail, ovation, recall, salvo, Viva). (various references)

Arabic		‏هتاف (acclaim, applause, cheer, cheering, clarion, cry, ejaculation, exclamation, hallo, ovation, plaudit, whoop, yell), ‏تهليل (cheer), ‏التصويت, ‏إبتهاج (airiness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, ecstasy, exhilaration, exultation, festival, festivity, gaiety, joy, jubilation, lustiness, pleasure, rejoicing, spree, sunshine). (various references)

Bulgarian		акламация (acclaim), бурно одобрение. (various references)

Chinese		赞誉 (Accolade), 讙 . (various references)

Czech		aklamace, provolávání. (various references)

Danish		bifald (acclaim, approval), applaus. (various references)

Dutch		toejuiching (acclaim, approval), acclamatie (acclaim, approval). (various references)

Esperanto		aplaŭdo (acclaim, approval), aplaŭdado, aklamo (acclaim, approval), aklamado. (various references)

Faeroese		fagnaðarróp (acclaim, approval). (various references)

Finnish		suosionhuudot, hyvähuuto (cheer), huutoäänestys. (various references)

French		acclamation (acclaim). (various references)

Frisian		ynstimming (acclaim, approval), hantsjeklappen (acclaim, approval). (various references)

German		Beifall (acclaim, acclamations, applause, approval, cheering, cheers, clap, hand, plaudit). (various references)

Greek		επευφημία (applause, cheer, ovation). (various references)

Hebrew		קבל�" בתשואות. (various references)

Hungarian		helyeslés (applause, approbation, approval, suffrage), éljenzés (cheer, cheering, hurrah, ovation), tetszésnyilvánítás (applause, cheer, loud cheers, plaudits). (various references)

Indonesian		aklamasi, sambutan dengan tepuk tangan, elu-eluan (welcome given). (various references)

Italian		applausi (acclaim, applause, approval), acclamazione (acclaim). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		喝采 , �"呼 (jubilation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かっさい, か�"�" (completely drying up, dry and harden, jubilation, lagoon, salt lake). (various references)

Manx		eam moyllee, coraa moyllee. (various references)

Papiamen		aplouso (acclaim, approval). (various references)

Pig Latin		acclamationay.(various references)

Portuguese		aplauso (acclaim, applause, approval, cheering, clap, hand, plaudit, praise), aclamação (acclaim, applause, approval, hail, plausibility, volley). (various references)

Romanian		aclamare (acclaiming), aclamaţie (acclaim, cheer, ovation, shout, storm), ovaţie (ovation). (various references)

Russian		одобрение (acclamations, applause, approbation, approval, approvement, aprobation, encouragement, o.k., ok, recognition, sanction, suffrage). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uzvikivanje (acclaim, shouting). (various references)

Spanish		aplauso (acclaim, applause, approval, hand), aclamación (acclaim). (various references)

Swedish		bifallsrop. (various references)

Turkish		alkix (acclaim, approval), alkışlama, alkış (acclaim, applause, cheer, clap, hand, plaudit, plaudits), kabul oyu (ay, aye). (various references)

Ukranian		радісне схвалення, гучне схвалення. (various references)

Vietnamese		tiếng tung hô. (various references)

Welsh		cymeradwyaeth (applause, approbation, approval), bloddest (rejoicing). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	acclamatio. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "acclamation": acclamations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Acclamation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accalamation, acclaimation, acclamatiob. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-l-m-n-o-t"
	-1 letter: anatomical.
	-3 letters: anatomic, atomical, calamint, claimant, lactonic, maniacal.
	-4 letters: acclaim, acmatic, actinal, alation, almanac, amanita, animato, cantala, clamant, comatic, comical, conical, laconic, limacon, malacca, manioca, matinal.
	-5 letters: acacia, action, alcaic, alnico, amatol, animal, anomic, ataman, atomic, atonal, atonic, caiman, calami, calico, camail, camion, canola, cantic, catalo, cation, catlin, cicala, citola, cloaca, clonic, cocain, coital, lactam, lactic, lamina, latino, macaco, maloti, maniac, manila, manioc, manito, mantic, oilcan, oilman, talion, tincal.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-l-m-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: acclamations.
	+4 letters: acclimatization, accommodational, antimonarchical, microanalytical, microanatomical.
	+5 letters: acclimatizations.
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