Vocabulary
Applaud
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
show approval or praise by clapping.
Urdu meaning
تالی بجا کر سراہنا، تالی بجانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- As Trump waited for Putin to walk the final few steps he brought his two hands together to applaud the Russian leader and then the two met and smiled before a handshake, patting each other in a gesture of warmth, even affection.
- On International Women`s Day, global communities applaud women`s contributions in various spheres.
- Colonial masters pillage people and ecosystems at will, turn light into day, and then tell us to close our eyes and applaud.
- All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.` An illegitimate coalition of power-hungry politicos provides a democratic façade to the machinations of the deep state.
- The myopic wait until they have succeeded, and then applaud them on the way down.
Synonyms
clap, cheer, whistle, give a standing ovation to, put one’s hands together, hail
Curator example
“the crowd whistled and applauded”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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