- applause
- nounADJECTIVE▪ deafening, loud, thunderous, tumultuous (esp. BrE)▪ enthusiastic, rapturous, warm, wild▪ prolonged (esp. BrE), sustained▪ spontaneous▪
a little burst of spontaneous applause
▪ muted (esp. BrE), polite▪To muted applause a small flag was raised over the building.
… OF APPLAUSE▪ burst (esp. BrE), ripple (esp. BrE), roar, round▪The crowd gave them a round of applause.
VERB + APPLAUSE▪ be greeted with, draw, earn, get, receive, win▪The speech drew loud applause.
▪ break into, burst into▪The audience broke into applause.
▪ hear▪ acknowledge▪She stood back and acknowledged the applause of the crowd.
▪ deserve▪He deserves the respect and applause of his colleagues.
APPLAUSE + VERB▪ break out, erupt, greet sb/sth▪A great roar of applause broke out.
▪Wild applause greeted this remark.
▪ echo▪Applause echoed around the hall.
▪ grow▪ die away, die down, subside▪The applause died down as the curtain closed.
PREPOSITION▪ to applause▪He left the stage to thunderous applause.
▪ applause for▪There was a ripple of applause for the speaker.
▪ applause from▪This remark brought applause from the audience.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.