Rave
verb
To speak or write about something in a very enthusiastic or excited way.
She raved about the new restaurant in town.
Often appears as...
- rave about
- rave review
verb
To lose control and talk in a confused, excited manner.
The old man was raving in his sleep.
Often appears as...
- rave on
- rave like
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of large party with electronic music, often held in a warehouse or outdoors.
We went to a rave in the desert last weekend.
Often appears as...
- rave party
- rave music
noun
An passionately positive review or recommendation.
The play received raves from all the critics.
Often appears as...
- rave review
- get rave
verb
To speak or write about something in a very enthusiastic or excited way.
She raved about the new restaurant in town.
Often appears as...
- rave about
- rave review
verb
To lose control and talk in a confused, excited manner.
The old man was raving in his sleep.
Often appears as...
- rave on
- rave like
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of large party with electronic music, often held in a warehouse or outdoors.
We went to a rave in the desert last weekend.
Often appears as...
- rave party
- rave music
noun
An passionately positive review or recommendation.
The play received raves from all the critics.
Often appears as...
- rave review
- get rave
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Energy
Use 'rave' to express strong approval or admiration about something with enthusiasm.
He wouldn't stop raving about her incredible performance on stage.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Exaggeration
'Rave' implies that the speaker's excitement may lead to exaggerating the good qualities.
After trying the cake, she raved about it for hours to everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Recommendation
Saying someone 'raved about' something can encourage others to try that experience.
Since everyone's raving about that book, I'll read it next.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Energy
Use 'rave' to express strong approval or admiration about something with enthusiasm.
He wouldn't stop raving about her incredible performance on stage.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Exaggeration
'Rave' implies that the speaker's excitement may lead to exaggerating the good qualities.
After trying the cake, she raved about it for hours to everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Recommendation
Saying someone 'raved about' something can encourage others to try that experience.
Since everyone's raving about that book, I'll read it next.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Energy
Use 'rave' to express strong approval or admiration about something with enthusiasm.
He wouldn't stop raving about her incredible performance on stage.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Exaggeration
'Rave' implies that the speaker's excitement may lead to exaggerating the good qualities.
After trying the cake, she raved about it for hours to everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Recommendation
Saying someone 'raved about' something can encourage others to try that experience.
Since everyone's raving about that book, I'll read it next.
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Video examples
David Logan: Tribal...
So in a Stage Two culture -- and we find these in all sorts of different places -- you find them, in fact, in the best organizations in the world. You find them in all places in society. I've come across them at the organizations that everybody raves about as being best in class. But here is the point. If you believe and you say to people in your tribe, in effect,
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Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
signal because of course then we will is lose the cheetah and at the moment to their the most important part of well this afternoon so far now I've come up again many of you will feel the time gone stark raving insane because for the third afternoon in a row I find myself sitting on the edge of the early low
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The brilliance of...
but these organisms can turn parts of their body into glow sticks. It's like nature made them ready to rave. Why? In one way or another, bioluminescence improves a living thing's chances of survival. Take the firefly. It's ability to glow green helps it attract a mate on a warm, summer night,
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
experiences back here on our home planet i think that's one of the reasons why her first book the disordered cosmos has received such rave reviews and been dominated for so many awards because it's a book about her pursuit of a genuine scientific mystery that is also
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Our natural sleep cycle...
You can see this most clearly when you take away someone's watch and you shut them into a bunker, deep underground, for a couple of months. People actually volunteer for this, and they usually come out kind of raving about their productive time in the hole.
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How Would You Envision a...
in some ways New Worlds is like your average conference you got your keynote addresses your expert panels your networking events but there are two things that make new worlds really unique the first is a sort of weird science rave which we'll come
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Can you solve the demon...
a week-long event they attend to share their ideas, think through tough problems... and mostly to party. And at the center of that gathering is the world’s most exclusive club, where under the full moon, the annual logician’s rave takes place.
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Can We Fix Climate...
people who quit smoking there's no more raving anti smoker than somebody who quit smoking recently so why don't you deniers will accept you deniers quit denying and we can all get to work and change the world
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Prohibition criminalizes...
and education put another way he knew the kids were going to do e at raves no matter how many cops we have in the street and he thought those kids should
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The Pioneer of Ecstasy...
When I threw my first rave, looking down at all the ravers just going off, with the strobe lights pulsing, I knew that this was my calling in life.
Video examples
David Logan: Tribal...
So in a Stage Two culture -- and we find these in all sorts of different places -- you find them, in fact, in the best organizations in the world. You find them in all places in society. I've come across them at the organizations that everybody raves about as being best in class. But here is the point. If you believe and you say to people in your tribe, in effect,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
signal because of course then we will is lose the cheetah and at the moment to their the most important part of well this afternoon so far now I've come up again many of you will feel the time gone stark raving insane because for the third afternoon in a row I find myself sitting on the edge of the early low
Video examples
The brilliance of...
but these organisms can turn parts of their body into glow sticks. It's like nature made them ready to rave. Why? In one way or another, bioluminescence improves a living thing's chances of survival. Take the firefly. It's ability to glow green helps it attract a mate on a warm, summer night,
Video examples
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
experiences back here on our home planet i think that's one of the reasons why her first book the disordered cosmos has received such rave reviews and been dominated for so many awards because it's a book about her pursuit of a genuine scientific mystery that is also
Video examples
Our natural sleep cycle...
You can see this most clearly when you take away someone's watch and you shut them into a bunker, deep underground, for a couple of months. People actually volunteer for this, and they usually come out kind of raving about their productive time in the hole.
Video examples
How Would You Envision a...
in some ways New Worlds is like your average conference you got your keynote addresses your expert panels your networking events but there are two things that make new worlds really unique the first is a sort of weird science rave which we'll come
Video examples
Can you solve the demon...
a week-long event they attend to share their ideas, think through tough problems... and mostly to party. And at the center of that gathering is the world’s most exclusive club, where under the full moon, the annual logician’s rave takes place.
Video examples
Can We Fix Climate...
people who quit smoking there's no more raving anti smoker than somebody who quit smoking recently so why don't you deniers will accept you deniers quit denying and we can all get to work and change the world
Video examples
Prohibition criminalizes...
and education put another way he knew the kids were going to do e at raves no matter how many cops we have in the street and he thought those kids should
Video examples
The Pioneer of Ecstasy...
When I threw my first rave, looking down at all the ravers just going off, with the strobe lights pulsing, I knew that this was my calling in life.
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Quote examples
Kano
British Musician
I would go to college and people would know me from the rave they went to at the weekend. So I would get a bit of respect. But I would always go to class and do my work. My mother made sure of that.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.
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Sela Ward
American Actress
I had an art teacher who's the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That's where she had gone and kept raving over their art department.
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Joe Taslim
Indonesian Actor
It feels so good to be able to be part of an action flick like 'The Raid' and to read the rave reviews in a number of film festivals.
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Matisyahu
American Musician
The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll.
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Phoebe Fox
I mean, I'd love to see 'The Woman in Black' in the Nineties on the rave scene!
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Diplo
American Musician
I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music.
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Julia Quinn
American Author
I can't rave enough about Eloisa James. I'm simply in awe of her talent.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Who loves, raves.
Quote examples
Kano
British Musician
I would go to college and people would know me from the rave they went to at the weekend. So I would get a bit of respect. But I would always go to class and do my work. My mother made sure of that.
Quote examples
Zadie Smith
British Novelist
I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.
Quote examples
Sela Ward
American Actress
I had an art teacher who's the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That's where she had gone and kept raving over their art department.
Quote examples
Joe Taslim
Indonesian Actor
It feels so good to be able to be part of an action flick like 'The Raid' and to read the rave reviews in a number of film festivals.
Quote examples
Matisyahu
American Musician
The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll.
Quote examples
Phoebe Fox
I mean, I'd love to see 'The Woman in Black' in the Nineties on the rave scene!
Quote examples
Diplo
American Musician
I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music.
Quote examples
Julia Quinn
American Author
I can't rave enough about Eloisa James. I'm simply in awe of her talent.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
Quote examples
Lord Byron
British Poet
Who loves, raves.
Example 1 of 10
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