{
    "term": "applaud",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "applaud",
            "heSheIt": "applauds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "applauded",
        "pastParticiple": "applauded",
        "ingForm": "applauding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to show your approval of somebody/something by clapping your hands (= hitting your open hands together several times)",
            "sensetop": "applaud somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He started to applaud and the others joined in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They rose to applaud the speaker.",
                    "contextForm": "applaud somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was applauded as she came on stage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The audience applauded loudly."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "clap",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["enthusiastically", "heartily", "loudly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to express praise for somebody/something because you approve of them or it",
            "sensetop": "applaud somethingapplaud somebody (for something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We applaud her decision.",
                    "contextForm": "applaud something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His efforts to improve the situation are to be applauded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The decision to save the company has been warmly applauded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I applaud her for having the courage to refuse.",
                    "contextForm": "applaud somebody (for something)"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["warmly", "widely"],
                "phrases": ["is to be applauded", "should be applauded"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːd/",
                "audio": "ap/applaud/applaud__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdz/",
                "audio": "ap/applaud/applauds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdɪd/",
                "audio": "ap/applaud/applauded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ap/applaud/applauding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːd/",
                "audio": "ap/applaud/applaud__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdz/",
                "audio": "ap/applaud/applauds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdɪd/",
                "audio": "ap/applaud/applauded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɔːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ap/applaud/applauding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin applaudere, from ad- ‘to’ + plaudere ‘to clap’, reinforced by French applaudir."
}