ovation
noun/əʊˈveɪʃn/
/əʊˈveɪʃn/
- enthusiastic clapping by an audience as a sign of their approval
- to give somebody a huge/rapturous/rousing ovation
- The soloist got a ten-minute standing ovation (= in which people stand up from their seats).
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrec2- He received the longest ovation of the evening.
- The final piece won her a rapturous ovation from the audience.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enthusiastic
- huge
- long
- …
- give somebody
- get
- receive
- …
- to an ovation
- ovation from
Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to a processional entrance into Ancient Rome by a victorious commander): from Latin ovatio(n-), from ovare ‘exult’. The word had the sense ‘exultation’ from the mid 17th to early 19th cent.Want to learn more?
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