applaud · verb
Sens et exemples
Exprimer une vive approbation à l’égard d’une décision, d’une action ou d’une réussite.
Residents applauded the council's decision to preserve the woodland instead of selling it for development.
I applaud your willingness to revise the plan after listening to the people it affects.
The editorial applauds the reform while questioning whether enough money has been provided to implement it.
Several organisations are applauding the new agreement, though its practical effects remain to be seen.
Formes
- applaud base form
- applauds third-person singular present
- applauded past tense; past participle
- applauding present participle