Usually means: Public praise for achievement or success.
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  1. acclaim: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. acclaim: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acclaim: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acclaim: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acclaim: Vocabulary.com
  6. Acclaim, acclaim: Wordnik
  7. acclaim: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. acclaim: Wiktionary
  9. acclaim: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. acclaim: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. acclaim: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Acclaim, acclaim: Dictionary.com
  13. acclaim: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Acclaim: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Acclaim: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. acclaim: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. acclaim: Rhymezone
  18. acclaim: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. acclaim: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. acclaim: Free Dictionary
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  23. acclaim: Merriam-Webster.com

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  1. The acclaim: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See acclaimed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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.

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