ACCLAIM meaning: Public praise for achievement or success

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word ACCLAIM:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

acclaim: Merriam-Webster
acclaim: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
acclaim: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
acclaim: Collins English Dictionary
acclaim: Vocabulary.com
Acclaim, acclaim: Wordnik
acclaim: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
acclaim: Wiktionary
acclaim: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
acclaim: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
acclaim: Infoplease Dictionary
Acclaim, acclaim: Dictionary.com
acclaim: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Acclaim: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Acclaim: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
acclaim: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
acclaim: Rhymezone
acclaim: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
acclaim: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
acclaim: FreeDictionary.org
acclaim: Mnemonic Dictionary
acclaim: TheFreeDictionary.com
acclaim: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
acclaim: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)

acclaim: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

ACCLAIM: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
ACCLAIM: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

ACCLAIM: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

The acclaim: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acclaim)

▸ verb:  (archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To express great approval (for).
▸ verb:  (transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To claim.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To declare by acclamations.
▸ verb:  (Canada, politics) To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
▸ noun:  (poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A claim.

Similar:

clap, eclat, applaud, acclamation, plaudit, hail, herald, spat, call out, clamor, more...

Opposite:

condemnation, denunciation

Types:

admiration, approval, praise, accolades, honors, more...

Phrases:

Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim Studios Austin, Triumph Acclaim, Acclaim Studios Manchester, Acclaim Games, more...

Adjectives:

critical, public, popular, great, international, wide, universal, much, national, loud, general

Colors:

gold, silver, bronze, emerald, sapphire, more...