Applause
noun
Clapping hands or other ways to show approval or enjoyment for a performance.
The crowd broke into applause as the performer finished her song.
Often appears as...
- round of applause
- thunderous applause
noun
Praise or approval shown especially in public.
His brave actions earned him the applause of the community.
Often appears as...
- deserve applause
- win applause
noun
Clapping hands or other ways to show approval or enjoyment for a performance.
The crowd broke into applause as the performer finished her song.
Often appears as...
- round of applause
- thunderous applause
noun
Praise or approval shown especially in public.
His brave actions earned him the applause of the community.
Often appears as...
- deserve applause
- win applause
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Response
Shows positivity. Use when you want to express that you enjoyed something, typically an event or performance.
She finished her speech to warm applause from the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Action
Usually a collective action. One person clapping might indicate applause, but it's stronger when a group does it together.
The cast bowed as the applause from the crowd filled the theater.
Pro Tip 3/3Varying Intensity
Can be gentle or thunderous, signaling different levels of enthusiasm.
After the stunning performance, the thunderous applause seemed endless.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Response
Shows positivity. Use when you want to express that you enjoyed something, typically an event or performance.
She finished her speech to warm applause from the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Action
Usually a collective action. One person clapping might indicate applause, but it's stronger when a group does it together.
The cast bowed as the applause from the crowd filled the theater.
Pro Tip 3/3Varying Intensity
Can be gentle or thunderous, signaling different levels of enthusiasm.
After the stunning performance, the thunderous applause seemed endless.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Response
Shows positivity. Use when you want to express that you enjoyed something, typically an event or performance.
She finished her speech to warm applause from the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Action
Usually a collective action. One person clapping might indicate applause, but it's stronger when a group does it together.
The cast bowed as the applause from the crowd filled the theater.
Pro Tip 3/3Varying Intensity
Can be gentle or thunderous, signaling different levels of enthusiasm.
After the stunning performance, the thunderous applause seemed endless.
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Brain magic PIPE Keith Barry
You see, it's very simple, once you know how, but very complicated in other ways. I'm going to give you some demonstrations right now. I need two people to help me out real quick. Can you come up? And let's see, down at the end, here, can you also come up, real quick? Do you mind? Yes, at the end. OK, give them a round of applause as they come up. You might want to use the stairs, there.
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Can we create new senses...
Actually, this was the first time I felt applause on the vest. It's nice. It's like a massage. Twitter's going crazy. Twitter's going mad. So that stock market experiment. This could be the first experiment that secures its funding forevermore, right, if successful?
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How one scientist took...
and their toll on nature and human health. "Silent Spring" immediately drew both applause and impassioned dissent— along with vicious personal attacks on the author. How did this mild-mannered biologist and writer ignite such controversy?
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A guide to collaborative...
What happened after that speech? Nothing. All of that applause did not lead to action. Nothing changed. Not because they didn't like me or the message. The problem was that no one knew what they were expected to do. And most importantly,
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A dream database PIPE...
applause for you that's great also see me I have something special for you too okay so last thing okay raise your hand if you had a dream last night now keep your hand raised if you can remember it oh wow that's awesome okay find me I
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How to speak so that...
Fantastic. Give yourselves a round of applause. Take a seat, thank you. Next time you speak, do those in advance. Now let me just put this in context to close. This is a serious point here. This is where we are now, right?
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Karima Bennoune: The...
would we get to the end of this amazing show? And when we did, the whole audience collectively exhaled, and a few people actually wept, and then they filled the auditorium with the peaceful boom of their applause.
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An Ancient Human Skull PIPE...
big moment it says in the grand moment applause you never expect to really come across them because it's so rare any human fragments are significant but when you have one that's complete it
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Why I'm done trying to...
I've got to be honest. I wish that didn't get an applause. Guys, this is real. And I'm just scratching the surface here, because the deeper we go, the uglier it gets, I guarantee you.
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How we're using drones...
Yeah, they deserve the applause. So why is blood important?
Video examples
Brain magic PIPE Keith Barry
You see, it's very simple, once you know how, but very complicated in other ways. I'm going to give you some demonstrations right now. I need two people to help me out real quick. Can you come up? And let's see, down at the end, here, can you also come up, real quick? Do you mind? Yes, at the end. OK, give them a round of applause as they come up. You might want to use the stairs, there.
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
Actually, this was the first time I felt applause on the vest. It's nice. It's like a massage. Twitter's going crazy. Twitter's going mad. So that stock market experiment. This could be the first experiment that secures its funding forevermore, right, if successful?
Video examples
How one scientist took...
and their toll on nature and human health. "Silent Spring" immediately drew both applause and impassioned dissent— along with vicious personal attacks on the author. How did this mild-mannered biologist and writer ignite such controversy?
Video examples
A guide to collaborative...
What happened after that speech? Nothing. All of that applause did not lead to action. Nothing changed. Not because they didn't like me or the message. The problem was that no one knew what they were expected to do. And most importantly,
Video examples
A dream database PIPE...
applause for you that's great also see me I have something special for you too okay so last thing okay raise your hand if you had a dream last night now keep your hand raised if you can remember it oh wow that's awesome okay find me I
Video examples
How to speak so that...
Fantastic. Give yourselves a round of applause. Take a seat, thank you. Next time you speak, do those in advance. Now let me just put this in context to close. This is a serious point here. This is where we are now, right?
Video examples
Karima Bennoune: The...
would we get to the end of this amazing show? And when we did, the whole audience collectively exhaled, and a few people actually wept, and then they filled the auditorium with the peaceful boom of their applause.
Video examples
An Ancient Human Skull PIPE...
big moment it says in the grand moment applause you never expect to really come across them because it's so rare any human fragments are significant but when you have one that's complete it
Video examples
Why I'm done trying to...
I've got to be honest. I wish that didn't get an applause. Guys, this is real. And I'm just scratching the surface here, because the deeper we go, the uglier it gets, I guarantee you.
Video examples
How we're using drones...
Yeah, they deserve the applause. So why is blood important?
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Paul Young
English Singer
My mum said I used to sing on the bus. I was about five and would simply sit, staring out of the window, singing to myself. When I got to the end of the song and everyone gave me a round of applause, it scared me because I was in my own little world, but I obviously loved singing even then.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, 'Do not seek approval from the audience.' People don't realize that. You can't do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.
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George Matthew Adams
American Editor
There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.
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Gelsey Kirkland
American Dancer
I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.
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Martin Yan
Chinese Chef
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.
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James Otis
American Lawyer
The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.
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Leonardo Bonucci
Italian Athlete
I understand the fans, I respect them. I'll accept the whistling and booing. It's up to me to transform that all into applause.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.
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John Updike
American Novelist
An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.
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Carol Channing
American Actress
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
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Paul Young
English Singer
My mum said I used to sing on the bus. I was about five and would simply sit, staring out of the window, singing to myself. When I got to the end of the song and everyone gave me a round of applause, it scared me because I was in my own little world, but I obviously loved singing even then.
Quote examples
Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, 'Do not seek approval from the audience.' People don't realize that. You can't do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.
Quote examples
George Matthew Adams
American Editor
There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.
Quote examples
Gelsey Kirkland
American Dancer
I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.
Quote examples
Martin Yan
Chinese Chef
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.
Quote examples
James Otis
American Lawyer
The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.
Quote examples
Leonardo Bonucci
Italian Athlete
I understand the fans, I respect them. I'll accept the whistling and booing. It's up to me to transform that all into applause.
Quote examples
Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.
Quote examples
Carol Channing
American Actress
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Example 1 of 10
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