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Praise

Definition: Praise

Praise

Noun

1. An expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work".

2. Offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God".

Verb

1. Express praise for.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "praise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Praise

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Praise - It is important to encourage children to learn and experience. Sincere praise builds self-esteem, gives motivation and encourages further learning.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Praise."

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Synonyms: Praise

Synonyms: congratulations (n), kudos (n). (additional references)
Antonym: criticize (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Praise

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Approbation

Commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium; eloge, panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison.

Commend, belaud, praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute, bepraise; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate, encore; panegyrize, eulogize, cry up, proner, puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of; sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of; resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo.

Gratitude

Thanks, praise, benediction; paean; Te Deum; (worship); grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals; thank offering.

Worship

Thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah; Te Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis; paean; benschen; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion.

Return thanks, give thanks; say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises; give benediction, lead the choir, intone; deacon, deacon off

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Praise

Specialty definitions using "praise": Accord, Amiel, AnacreonBASEBALL, Big UpsChoriambic Metre, Comet Wine, Condign', Cooper's Hill, Crack Up a PersonDamn with Faint Praise, DancesEulogyFOLLY, FOREORDINATION, Friar TuckGild the Pill, Give, GRAPEHobbinolIMMODESTLAUD, Lips, Log-rolling Criticismmiss thangNoneQueen's DaySchizoid Personality Disorder, smurf, sycophantthe bombUnix weenievirtual beer. (references)
Etymologies containing "praise": Maker. (references)

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Modern Usage: Praise

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Praise the Lord, the South has risen again (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

The winner will be showered with praise. The loser will be taunted and booed until my throat is sore (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

It isn't easy remaining calm in the face of excessive praise from The Daily Telegraph (Carrington; writing credit: Christopher Hampton; Michael Holroyd)

I'm cured! Praise god (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

There is only one god. All praise and honor be to allah (Varsity Blues; writing credit: W. Peter Iliff)

Lyrics

I will praise you till I die ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant)

I ain't looking for praise or pity (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Praise with elation, praise every morning (Morning Has Broken; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

Just to sing and praise the Lord (Crying in the Chapel; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

You're all I'm thinkin' of, I praise the Lord above (All My Life; performing artist: K-C & JOJO)

Clever

Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself. (references; author: unknown)

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

In Praise of Hands (1974)

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1970)

The Praise Agent (1919)

Praise House (1991)

Songs of Praise (1991)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Praise

DomainTitle

Books

  • O Worship the King: Hymns of Assurance and Praise to Encourage Your Heart (reference)

  • In Praise of Aeneas: Virgil and Epideictic Rhetoric in Early Italian Renaissance (reference)

  • And Their Children After Them: The Legacy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, James Agee, Walker Evans, and the Rise and Fall of Cotton in the South (reference)

  • In Every Tiny Grain of Sand: A Child's Book of Prayers and Praise (reference)

  • Alleluia: Words of Praise (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Praise

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Photo Album: Praise

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Tells patients at the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, to "get a laugh out of life", as he addressed them informally during a visit in June 1943. The Secretary gave special praise to the men in the audience who had fought on Guadalcanal. Credit: NAVY.

Photograph taken circa 1942-43. He is credited with originating the phrase "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" while encouraging sailors in action during the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December 1941. Soon thereafter, it became the title and theme of a popular song. Credit: NAVY.

They made a gallant fight, Mr. Secretary, and I'm glad to see these expressions of praise. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!?". Credit: Library of Congress.

"Victory through Christ" Society holding its Sunday Morning Revival in a garage. Dos Palos, California. Testimony: "He's such a wonderful savior, Glory to God. I'm so glad I came to home. Praise God. His love is so wonderful. He's coming soon. I want to p. Credit: Library of Congress.

Writing a nursery rhyme in praise of Peking. Credit: Library of Congress.

Praise of dialectics : today injustice strides forth with a sure step ... and never becomes--even today!. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Praise".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Applause; applaud; acclaim; praise; praising; bravo; performance; show; clapping; claps; clap.Hallelujah; choir; church; chapel; religion; religious; praise; joy; lord; god; worship.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Praise

AuthorQuotation

Alexander Pope

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Catherine II of Russia

I praise loudly, I blame softly.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Usually we praise only to be praised.

John Florio

Praise the sea; on shore remain.

Lord Acton

Praise is the shipwreck of historians.

Pope

The villain's censure is extorted praise.

Quintilian

We give to necessity the praise of virtue.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Blame is safer than praise.

Terence

Their silence is praise enough.

William Shakespeare

I will praise any man that will praise me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Praise

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

She checked herself, however, and submitted quietly to a little more praise than she deserved

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

This praise and admiration for Fauchelevent travelled far, for it went to Rome

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He moved a thin shrunken brown hand gently in the air in time to his praise and his thin quick eyelids beat often over his sad eyes

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

But it were his own damn fault, praise God.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I write without any view towards profit or praise.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Praise

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Parents can support their children's activity by providing transportation, praise, and encouragement, and by participating in activities with their children. (references)

Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents incorporates the principle that unwanted behavior can be changed by clear demonstration of the desired behavior and consistent reward of incremental steps toward achieving it. Therapeutic activities include fulfilling specific assignments, rehearsing desired behaviors, and recording and reviewing progress, with praise and privileges given for meeting assigned goals. (references)

For example, behavioral therapy might include hiding a toy inside a box to reward a child for learning to reach into the box with his weaker hand. Likewise, a child learning to say his "b" words might be given a balloon for mastering the word. In other cases, therapists may try to discourage unhelpful or destructive behaviors, such as hair-pulling or biting, by selectively presenting a child with rewards and praise during other, more positive activities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Korea

To obtain approval, potential visitors must demonstrate that their trip does not have a political purpose--that is, to praise North Korea or criticize the South Korean Government. (references)

Economic History

Slovak Rep

Foreign companies frequently praise the motivation and abilities of younger workers, who often have good language and computer skills and have traveled in the United States or Europe. (references)

Political Economy

PHILIPPINES

While the Macapagal-Arroyo administration's fiscal team deserves praise for its determined efforts thus far to live within tight financial resources, revenue mobilization remains crucial to sustaining a deficit-reduction plan that supports a higher economic growth path and the socioeconomic needs of a growing population. (references)

Travel

Mexico

Mexican social etiquette makes it difficult to say no. In conversation, Mexicans emphasize tactful and indirect phrasing, and may be more effusive than Americans with praise and emotional expressions. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Praise

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Henry Hyde

Actually, Robert, I do not. I hear the opposite. I hear commendations, compliments, words of praise. Most of us are very well satisfied with George W. Bush and the job he is doing.

Jim Jeffords

It's gone very well. I was very well received and nothing but praise and the book sales are going rapidly.

Robert Novak

Mark, Elizabeth Dole had nothing but praise for Jesse Helms, but she was wise to say that the people of North Carolina are not going to get a Jesse Helms vote on every issue, including international trade.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Praise

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797To every description of citizens, let praise be given.

James Madison

1809-1817The best praise for this officer and his intrepid comrades is in the likeness of his triumph to the illustrious victory which immortalized another officer and established at a critical moment our command of another lake.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969For ourselves we seek neither praise nor blame, neither gratitude nor obedience.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Praise

"Praise" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.37% of the time. "Praise" is used about 1,359 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)75.37%1,0247,248
Lexical Verb (infinitive)13.9%18922,353
Lexical Verb (base form)9.26%12628,512
Noun (proper)1.32%1882,615
Noun (common)0.15%2245,945
                    Total100.00%1,359N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Praise

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "praise".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
AbihudN/ABiblical

Father of praise

AbiudN/ABiblical

Father of praise

AhihudN/ABiblical

Of praise

AlleluiaN/ABiblical

Praise the Lord

AmmihudN/ABiblical

People of praise

EliudN/ABiblical

God is my praise

EpenetusN/ABiblical

Worthy of praise

HallelujahN/ABiblical

Praise the Lord

HiddaiN/ABiblical

A praise

HodN/ABiblical

Praise

HodaiahN/ABiblical

The praise of the Lord

IddoN/ABiblical

Praise

IndiaN/ABiblical

Praise

JeduthunN/ABiblical

Giving praise

JehudijahN/ABiblical

The praise of the Lord

JudahN/ABiblical

The praise of the Lord

JudasN/ABiblical

The praise of the Lord

JudithN/ABiblical

The praise of the Lord

JudithN/AEnglish

The praise of the Lord

JudithN/AFrench

The praise of the Lord

JudithN/AJewish

The praise of the Lord

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Expressions: Praise

Expressions using "praise": accord due praise accord praise beyond all praise beyond praise chorus of praise come in for praise damn with faint praise deserve praise grudging praise high praise in praise of him in praise of smb. in smb.'s praise lavish of praise lavish praise upon smb. object of praise praise be to god praise be to god! praise god praise highly praise oneself praise smb. effusively praise to the skies praise up self praise sing smb.'s praise song of praise sparing of praise speak in praise of smb. unqualified praise unstinted praise. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "praise": Praise-god, Praise-meeting, praise-my-soul-the-king-of-heaven-to-his-feet-thy-tribute, Praise-tongue, praise-worthy.

Ending with "praise": Correction-praise, self-praise.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Praise

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

praise

775

praise and worship guitar tab

45

praise worship

631

praise and worship guitar chord

42

praise and worship music

324

christian praise song

42

praise worship song

214

106.5 praise

38

praise song

179

praise worship sheet music

34

praise worship lyrics

164

praise chapel

33

praise is what i do

155

praise power

33

praise dance

145

praise banner

32

praise music

102

praise hymn

32

praise and worship tab

85

free praise and worship music

29

praise tab

81

praise youthful

29

praise and worship chord

79

praise worship.net

28

praise the lord

69

city jericho praise

27

higher praise

61

in praise of older woman

27

i lyrics praise

56

let us now praise famous man

27

praise lyrics

55

97.5 praise

26

praise song lyrics

54

total praise

26

praise dancing

49

the garment of praise

26

praise to god

49

praise chord

25

praise and worship song lyrics

48

praise hymn soundtrack

23

praise chorus

23
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Modern Translation: Praise

Language Translations for "praise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

prys (commend, glorify, laud, price). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

mburr (Laud, vaunt), lavdëroj (belaud, commend, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, glory, Laud, magnify, panegyrize, puff, vaunt), lavdërim (blowing, boast, commendation, exaltation, Laud, laudation), lavd (Laud), lëvdoj (commend, cry up, eulogize, flatter, gasconade, glorify, Laud), lëvdatë (boasting, gasconade, Laud, plaudit), himn perëndisë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مدح (commend, commendation, compliment, crack, eulogize), ‏هلل (acclaim, cheer), ‏تمجيد (apotheosis, enthronement, exaltation, glorification), ‏تقريظ (eulogy, panegyric, write up), ‏تسبيح (eulogy, glorification, magnification), ‏سبح حمد (laud), ‏سبح (laud, rosary, swim), ‏إشادة, ‏ثنى (bend, deter, dissuade, drape, flex, fold, folding, goffer, hire, inflect, lap, pat, pleat, pliable, pucker, replicate, tribute, tuck), ‏شيد (cite, construct, elevate, erect, put up, raise, structure, tribute, whitewash). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

хваля (commend, gasconade, pay tribute to, talk up, vaunt), хвалба (sugar, vaunt), възхвалявам (belaud, celebrate, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, magnify, panegyrize, vaunt), възхвала (eulogy, exaltation, glorification, laudation), похвалвам (commend), похвала (accolade, applause, commendation, compliment, vaunt). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

讚美 (admire, applause, to eulogize), 讚揚 (approve of), 称赞 (Commend, Commendation, Commended, Commending, Praised, Praising), 嘉許 (favorable). (various references)

   

Czech

  

pochvala, velebit (acclaim, bless, celebrate, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, Laud), chvályhodný (laudable, praiseworthy, virtuous), chválit (commend), chvála (acclaim, commendation, Laud). (various references)

   

Danish

  

rose (commend, glorify, laud, rose). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

roemen (commend, glorify, laud), loven (commend, glorify, laud). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

laŭdo, laŭdi (commend, laud), glori (commend, glorify, laud). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

rósa (commend, laud, rose), rós, heiðra (commend, distinguish, glorify, laud). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پرستش (Adoration, Adore, Devotion, Worship), نیایش کردن , نیایش (Adoration, Benediction, Invocation, Veneration), تمجیدوستایش کردن , تحسین (Applause), تعریف کردن (Define, Emblazon, Recount, Unreel), ستودن (Adore, Allow, Applaud, Commend, Eulogize, Extol, Glorify), ستایش (Adoration, Eulogy, Laud, Panegyric, Tribute, Veneration, Worship). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ylistää (celebrate in song, commend, eulogize, extol, glorify, laud, sing the praises of). (various references)

   

French

  

louange, glorifier. (various references)

   

German

  

Lob (accolade, commendation, lob, tribute), verherrlichen (celebrate, commend, exalt, extol, glamorize, glorify, glorifying, laud, to exalt, to glamorize, to glorify), rühmen (commend, extol, glorify, laud, to praise, vaunt), preisen (bless, blessed, blest, commend, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, laud, to eulogize, to praise, vaunt), loben (commend, glorify, Laud, to commend, to laud, to praise), anpreisen (commend, extol, laud, recommend, register). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εγκώμιο (eulogy, laudation), επαινώ (commend, compliment, extol). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשבח (applaud, commend, compliment, exalt, glorify, improve), לזמר (chant, sing), לחסן (immunize, inoculate, inure, strengthen), ל"לל (eulogize, extol), ל"ו"ות (acknowledge, admit, avow, confess, glorify, grant), ל"בר בשבחו, לברך (bless, congratulate, felicitate, greet), לטכס (adorn, arrange, array, set in order), לר ן (chant, murmur, sing), ת"ל" (adoration, eclat, fame, glory, illustriousness, kudos, laurel, panegyric, psalm), שבח", שבח (advantage, betterment, commendation, eulogy, gain, glory, improvement, panegyric, superiority), "לל (song of praise), "ו"י" (eulogy, thanksgiving), "אמר" (augmentation, eulogy, glorification, rise). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hálaadó istentisztelet, dicséret (applause, certificate of merit, commendation, compliment, diploma of merit, honourable mention, laud, laudation, praising). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pujian (accolade, credit, recommendation), mengangkat-angkat, memuji (adulate, extol), madah (eulogy, stanza), bermadah (recite). (various references)

   

Italian

  

lodare (commend, eulogise, eulogize, extol, extoll, laud), lode (accolade, Laud), elogiare (commend, eulogise, eulogize). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

推奨 (recommendation). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すいしょう (admiration, crystal, recommendation), しょうび (admiration, appreciatation, emergency, imminence, prizing, rose, urgency), しょうさ" (admiration, chances of success, commendation, dispersion, dissipation, evaporation, nitric acid, prospects of victory), しょうよう (admiration, business purpose, calm, composure, exalting, extolling, for business, on business, ramble, saunter, stroll, trifling matter, urination, urine, walk, wandering), しょうし (absurdity, boatman, contemptible, crystallite, death by fire, eulogy, laughable, low birth rate, midnight, officers and men, paper making, pitiful, ridiculous, short or concise history, stamp), きよ (contribution, service), さ"た" (admiration, extollment, horrible, pitiful, repeatedly crying, tragic, wretched), さ"しょう (3 cheers, consultation, Japanese pepper, prickly ash, reference, singing three times), さ"び (adoration, appalling, awful, deep sorrow, extreme pain, glorification), さ"か (admiration, affiliated with, calamity, eulogy, mountain nomads, mountain villa, obstetrics, oxidation, paean, participation, song of praise, three summer months, under jurisdiction of, under the umbrella), さ"じ (3 o'clock snack, childbirth, compliment, councillor, cubic, disaster, eulogy, horrible accident, newborn baby, secretary, silkworm, three times), ほうじ (bearing, Buddhist memorial service, eulogy, holding up, Japanese characters, kanji and kana, presenting), かしょう (approval, burn, Chinese merchants abroad, few, little, receptacle, riverbed, scald, scanty, singing, song, temporary name, too few, too small, undeserved praise), らいさ" (adoration, glorification, worship). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

칭찬 (Complimentary, Praising). (various references)

   

Manx

  

moylley (advocate; compliments, applaud, applause, bamboozle, boost, boost praise, cheer, cheer praise, commend, commendation, compliment, gull, laud, plaudits, promotion, put forward, recommend, recommendation, tribute), cur moylley da. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

gabamentu, gabamento, gaba (commend, laud), alabansa, alabá (commend, laud). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aisepray.(various references)

   

Polish

  

chwalić (commend, laud). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

elogio (accolade, commendation, compliment, encomium, eulogy, incense, laud, laudation), louvor (accolade, applause, approval, commendation, encomium, eulogy, laud, laudation), louvar (acclaim, applaud, belaud, celebrate, clap, commend, extol, extoll, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, laud, magnify, recommend), glorificar (celebrate, commend, glorify, laud, pedestal), elogiar (belaud, commend, cry up, eulogize, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, laud, panegyrize, run up, write up). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

slavã (fame, glory, luster, lustre, sky), slãvi (bless, chant, emblazon, exalt, glorify, Laud), laudã (beslaver, bounce, commendation, compliments, display, eulogy, glory, Laud, pat on the back, vaunt), lãuda (boast, brag, commend, cry up, flatter, talk up), glorifica (celebrate, extol, glorify, resound), aduce slavã, aduce lande. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

хвала, хвалить похвала, похвала (commendation, credit, panegyric, recommendation). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

mol (commend, laud, mal and mul, recommend). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pohvala (accolade, blurb, commendation, eulogy, laud, laudation, praising), veličati (celebrate, exalt, extol, glorify, magnify, set forth), slavopojka (canticle, laud), slaviti (celebrate, eulogize, glorify, laud), slava (fame, glory, kudos, renown, slava), hvaliti (belaud, eulogize, laud, talk up). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alabar (applaud, commend, extol, extoll, hail, laud), elogio (accolade, commendation, compliment, encomium, eulogy, tribute), alabanza (applause, commendation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

prisa (celebrate, celibrate, commend, extol, glorify, gloryfy, laud), berömma (commend, laud), beröm (credit, credits, eulogy, kudos, laudation), lovprisa (belaud, eulogize, glorify, panegyrize). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

methetmek (commend, eulogize, extol, extoll, Laud, lay it on with a trowel, speak in praise of smb.), şükretmek (be grateful for, be thankful, bless, return thanks, thank), övmek (acclaim, accord praise, belaud, boost, build up, celebrate, commend, compliment, crack up, cry up, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, extoll, flatter, glorify, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute, puff, sing smb.'s praise, sing the praises of, speak in praise of smb., talk up, vaunt), övme (commending, eulogy, exaltation, flattery, glorification, laudation, praising), övgü (accolade, approbation, bouquet, commendation, compliment, eclat, encomium, eulogy, glowing account, ode, panegyric, tribute). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

taryp, цwmek (compliment), цwgn, цwgi, magtanз, magtamak. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

хвалити (commend, compliment, glorify), оцінювати (appraise, apprise, apprize, censure, esteem, estimate, evaluate, judge, price, rate, reckon up, size up, value, view), заслуга (desert, merit), прославляти (apotheosize, celebrate, emblazon, glorify), прославляння (apotheosis, celebration), похвала (commendation, compliment, pitch, recommendation). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tán tụng (exaltation, magnification), sự tán dương (commendation, emblazonment, laudation, magnification), sự khen ngợi (commendation), sự ca tụng (celebration), sự ca ngợi (commendation, laudation), lời tán tụng (incense, soft sawder), lời tán dương (extolment, laud), lời khen ngợi (congratulation, laudation), lời ca tụng (extolment), lời ca ngợi (eulogy, laud, laudation, rose-water). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

moliant, moli (laud), mawl, clodfori (extol), clod (fame, renown), canmoliaeth (commendation), canmol (commend), arwyrain (extol, panegyric, rise), arawd (oration, prayer, speech). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Praise

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

ara, za-mi. (various references)

Greek700 BCE-300 CE

eulogia. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

archelaus, benedic, benedicam, benedicamus, benedicant, benedicas, benedicat, benedicatis, benedicatque, benedicatur, benedicebant, benedicebat, benedicendae, benedicendum, benedicens, benedicent, benedicente, benedicentem, benedicentes, benedicentibus, benedicentur, benedicere, benedicerent, benediceret, benedices, benedicet, benedicetis, benedicetque, benedicetur, benedicimus, benedicis, benedicit, benedicite, benedicito, benedico, benedicta, benedictae, benedicte, benedicti, benedictique, benedicto, benedictorum, benedictum, benedicturus, benedictus, benedicunt, benedixerant, benedixerat, benedixerint, benedixeris, benedixerit, benedixerunt, benedixi, benediximus, benedixique, benedixisset, benedixisti, benedixit, benedixitque, boo, boo, boare, commendare, conlaudabant, conlaudabo, conlaudabunt, conlaudantes, conlaudate, conlaudent, conlaudes, deosculabitur, deosculans, deosculatae, deosculatur, deosculatus, deosculer, exalta, exaltaberis, exaltabis, exaltabit, exaltabitur, exaltabo, exaltabor, exaltabuntur, exaltans, exaltant, exaltantem, exaltantes, exaltantur, exaltare, exaltarentur, exaltares, exaltaret, exaltari, exaltas, exaltasset, exaltasti, exaltat, exaltata, exaltatae, exaltate, exaltati, exaltatum, exaltatur, exaltatus, exaltaveris, exaltaverit, exaltaveritis, exaltaverunt, exaltavi, exaltavit, exaltemini, exaltemus, exaltent, exaltentur, exaltet, exaltetur, fateor, lauda, laudabant, laudabantur, laudabat, laudabimur, laudabimus, laudabis, laudabit, laudabitis, laudabitur, laudabo, laudabunt, laudabuntur, laudamini, laudamus, laudando, laudandum, laudans, laudant, laudantem, laudantes, laudantibus, laudantium, laudare, laudarent, laudat, laudate, laudatio, laudatum, laudatur, laudaverunt, laudavi, laudavit, laude, laudem, laudemus, laudent, lauderis, laudes, laudet, laudi, laudibus, laudis, laudo, laudo, laudare, laudavi, laudatum, laus, magnifica, magnificabant, magnificabat, magnificabatur, magnificaberis, magnificabimus, magnificabis, magnificabit, magnificabo, magnificabor, magnificans, magnificant, magnificantes, magnificanti, magnificantur, magnificare, magnificaret, magnificaretur, magnificari, magnificas, magnificasset, magnificasti, magnificat, magnificata, magnificate, magnificati, magnificatus, magnificatusque, magnificavi, magnificavit, magnificet, magnificetur, praedica, praedicabant, praedicabat, praedicabatur, praedicabis, praedicabitur, praedicabo, praedicabunt, praedicamus, praedicans, praedicant, praedicante, praedicantem, praedicantes, praedicantis, praedicare, praedicarem, praedicaret, praedicaretis, praedicari, praedicas, praedicasti, praedicat, praedicate, praedicator, praedicatum, praedicatur, praedicaturum, praedicatus, praedicaverim, praedicaverunt, praedicavi, praedicavimus, praedicavit, praedicem, praedicent, praedico, vendere. (various references)

Avestan200-600

... fraca...stuye, frâyashtîmca, frasastayaêca, stûtô. (various references)

Old French900-1400

preisier. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Praise

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 28, Verse 4
Latin405VulgateQui derelinquunt legem laudant impium qui custodiunt succenduntur contra eum
Middle English1395WyclifWho forsaken the lawe, preisen the vnpitous; who kepen, shul ben tend vp ayen hym.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThey that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Victorian English1833WebsterThey that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Basic English1964OgdenThose who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Praise

LanguageProverbs Chapter 28, Verse 4
Cebuano¶ Kadtong mobiya sa Kasugoan nagadayeg sa tawong dautan; Apan ang mga magabantay sa Kasugoan nakig-bisog batok kanila.
CroatianKoji zapuštaju Zakon, velièaju opake, a koji se drže Zakona, protive im se.
DanishHvo Loven sviger, roser de gudløse, hvo Loven holder, er på Krigsfod med dem.
DutchDie de wet verlaten, prijzen de goddelozen; maar die de wet bewaren, mengen zich in strijd tegen hen.
FinnishLain hylkijät kehuvat jumalattomia, mutta lain noudattajat kauhistuvat heitä.
FrenchCeux qui abandonnent la loi louent le méchant, Mais ceux qui observent la loi s`irritent contre lui.
GermanDie das Gesetz verlassen, loben den Gottlosen; die es aber bewahren, sind unwillig auf sie.
Haitian Creole¶ Moun ki pa respekte lalwa bay mechan yo pye sou moun. Men, moun ki fè sa lalwa mande, se moun ki pran pozisyon kont mechan yo.
HungarianA kik elhagyják a törvényt, dicsérik a latrokat; de a kik megtartják a törvényt, harczolnak azokkal.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSiapa mengabaikan hukum, memihak orang jahat; siapa mentaati hukum menentang orang bejat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaOrang yang meninggalkan hukum itu memuliakan orang jahat, tetapi orang yang memeliharakan hukum itu melawan orang jahat.
ItalianQuelli che violano la legge lodano l'empio, ma quanti osservano la legge gli muovono guerra.
Maori¶ Ko te hunga e whakarere ana i te ture, he whakamoemiti ta ratou ki te tangata kino: ko ta nga kaipupuri ia o te ture he ngangare ki a ratou.
NorwegianDe som ikke følger loven, priser de ugudelige, men de som holder loven, strider mot dem.
PortugueseOs que abandonam a lei louvam os ímpios; mas os que guardam a lei pelejam contra eles.   
RumanianCeice pqrqsesc legea, laudq pe cel rqu, dar ceice pqzesc legea se mknie pe el. -
RussianпФУФХ ОЙЛЙ ПФ ЪБЛПОБ ИЧБМСФ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩИ, Б УП'МА"БАЭЙЕ ЪБЛПО ОЕЗП"ХАФ ОБ ОЙИ.
SpanishLos que abandonan la ley alaban a los impíos, pero los que guardan la ley contenderán con ellos.
SwedishDe som övergiva lagen prisa de ogudaktiga, men de som hålla lagen gå till strids mot dem.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Praise

Derivations

Words beginning with "praise": praised, praiser, praisers, praises, praiseworthily, praiseworthiness, praiseworthinesses, praiseworthy. (additional references)

Words ending with "praise": appraise, dispraise, overpraise, reappraise, upraise. (additional references)

Words containing "praise": appraised, appraisee, appraisees, appraisement, appraisements, appraiser, appraisers, appraises, dispraised, dispraiser, dispraisers, dispraises, overpraised, overpraises, reappraised, reappraises, upraised, upraiser, upraisers, upraises. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Praise" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: graise, paisa, paise, paize, parase, parease, parise, Parisee, Pariser, Parisio, paruse, poraries, praide, prais, praisen, prait, prakiss, praus, pravice, praxie, prayes, prayest, praze, preeze, preie, preies, preise, Preiser, presise, priadel, prias, priase, Priese, Prisse, traise. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Praise"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "praise" (pronounced prā"z)
4p r ā" zappraise, prays, preys, reappraise, sprays.
3-r ā" zbetrays, braise, craze, defrays, Grays, graze, phrase, portrays, raise, Rase, rays, raze, rephrase, Res, strays, trays.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Praise

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: aspire, paries, spirea.

Words within the letters "a-e-i-p-r-s"

-1 letter: apers, apres, arise, asper, pairs, paise, pares, paris, parse, pears, peris, piers, prase, presa, pries, prise, raise, rapes, reaps, ripes, sepia, serai, spare, spear, speir, spier, spire.

-2 letters: airs, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, ears, eras, ires, pair, pare, pars, pase, pear, peas, peri, pias, pier, pies, rape, raps, rase, rasp, reap.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-p-r-s"
 

+1 letter: aperies, apprise, aspired, aspirer, aspires, despair, diapers, harpies, impresa, paniers, paresis, parises, parries, parties, parvise, pastier, paviser, piaster, piastre, pirates, praised, praiser, praises, rapiers, rapines, raspier, repairs, sappier, scrapie, sharpie, soapier, spacier, spiraea, spireas, traipse, upraise, waspier.

 

+2 letters: airscape, airspace, airspeed, aphorise, apiaries, appliers, appraise, apprised, appriser, apprises, apprizes, asperity, aspheric, aspirate, aspirers, calipers, caprices, crappies, crispate, despairs, diaspore, dispread, earlship, epicarps, epigrams, espalier, firepans, garpikes, grapiest, harelips, heparins, impalers, impearls, impresas, japeries, lempiras, meropias, misparse, naperies, painters, panfries, panniers, pantries, paradise, parasite, parchesi, parecism, pareiras, paretics, parietes, parishes, parities, parodies, parslied, partiers, parvises, pastries, pavisers, pelorias, peracids, periapts, perillas, perisarc, pertains, pharisee, piaffers, piasters, piastres, picrates, pilaster, pinaster, piracies, plaister, plaiters, plashier, polarise, practise, prairies, praisers, pralines, praxises, presidia, prevails, primages, primates, pristane, privates, pyrexias, rampikes, ranpikes, raphides, rapidest, raspiest, repaints, replicas, reprisal, samphire, sapphire, sapremia, sapremic, scrapies, septaria, seraphic, seraphim, seraphin, sharpies, slipware, snappier, sparerib, sparkier, sparlike, sparrier, spearing, spiracle, spiraeas, spiraled, spirulae, sprained, swampier, traipsed, traipses, triphase, upraised, upraiser, upraises, vampires, vaporise, vespiary, warpwise, wiretaps.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Derived from
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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