acclaim

English

/ə.ˈkleɪm/

verb
Definitions
  • (archaic) To shout; to call out.
  • (transitive) To express great approval (for).
  • (transitive) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
  • (transitive) To claim.
  • (transitive) To declare by acclamations.
  • (Canada) To elect to an office by having no opposition.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acclāmō (raise a cry at, applaud) root from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kelh₁-

Gloss

shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise

Concept
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Speech and language

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Action/Process

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