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Definition: APPLAUDED |
APPLAUDEDImperative & past participle1. Of Applaud |
Date "APPLAUDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Crosswords: APPLAUDED |
| English words defined with "APPLAUDED": brought about ♦ decorously ♦ ice, ice rink, ice-skating rink, internationalism, internationality ♦ looker ♦ spectator ♦ viewer ♦ watcher, witness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "APPLAUDED": Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ Vagrant. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I'm applauded, then forgotten (Crystal; performing artist: New Order) | |
Clever | A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Diogenes Laertius | When the people applauded him wildly, he [Phocion] turned to one of his friends and said, "Have I said something foolish?" |
Edwin Forrest | The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. |
Hitopadesa | Is anyone simply by birth to be applauded or punished? |
Victor Hugo | I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The clerk in the tank involuntarily applauded. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | After 1813, he acquiesced in, or applauded all the hostile manifestations. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And Pa applauded. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Effective preventive practices, such as the use of fluoride, sugarless products, and dental sealants were reconfirmed, and clinical studies to identify more conservative but more effective nonsurgical and surgical approaches are to be applauded. (references) | |
Business | At the end of 1998, Middle East Economic Digest lamented that, "Four years of unbroken economic growth are coming to an end in the UAE." Indeed, in 1998 GDP declined by 5.8%. While many have applauded the UAE's apparent success at diversifying the economy and blunting the effect of low oil prices, the effects of the collapse can be seen throughout the economy. (references) | |
Economic History | Chile | The U.S. Government applauded the rebirth of democratic practices in Chile in the late 1980s and early 1990s and sees the maintenance of a vibrant democracy and a healthy and sustainable economy as among the most important U.S. interests in Chile. (references) |
Thailand | While the government's parliamentary majority (and presumed ability to push through its legislative program) is a major departure, much will depend on the efficacy of Thaksin's proposals in stimulating domestic confidence and consumption, an accomplishment that evaded Chuan and Tarrin and their internationally applauded economic policies. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kenya | Human rights organizations condemned the killing and applauded the swift action against the offenders; however, they also criticized the Government's inaction on numerous other cases. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "APPLAUDED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 51.55% of the time. "APPLAUDED" is used about 258 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 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 51.55% | 133 | 27,614 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 47.67% | 123 | 28,925 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.78% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 258 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "APPLAUDED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | "掌 (Applaud, Applauding). (various references) | ||||
French | applaudirent, applaudies, applaudie, applaudi. (various references) | ||||
German | applaudierte (applauds). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 박수 갈채하". (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | applaudeday | ||||
Misspellings | |
"APPLAUDED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aplaude, applaude. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "APPLAUDED" (pronounced uplô"dud) |
| 5 | -l ô" d u d | lauded. |
| 4 | -ô" d u d | defrauded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, concluded, confided, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defended, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, derided, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, eluded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, guided, handed, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, pounded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, pretended, prided, proceeded, prodded, propounded, provided, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, resided, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, undecided, underfunded, underhanded, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-l-p-p-u" | |
-2 letters: applaud, dappled, papulae. | |
-3 letters: appeal, daedal, dapped, dapple, dupped, lapped, lauded, paddle, papula, papule, puddle, pulped, upleap. | |
-4 letters: addle, appal, appel, apple, audad, dedal, duped, duple, laded, padle, palea, paled, papal, pedal, pepla, plead, puled, pupae, pupal, upped. | |
-5 letters: alae, aped, auld, dada, dale, dead, deal, duad, dual, dude, duel, dupe, lade, laud, lead. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 50 50 4C 41 55 44 45 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. .--. .-.. .- ..- -.. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010000 01010000 01001100 01000001 01010101 01000100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A P P L A U D E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0050 0050 004C 0041 0055 0044 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)355050463555383938 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinois, Chinesisch, 중국 |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, "랑스 |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , allemand, 독일 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, 한국 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, 영국 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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