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• v  clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
• v  express approval of
  I applaud your efforts

• She deliberately risked appearing shrill, political and shameless in order to put her opponents in their place and the chattering class may applaud her steely toughness.
• While I applaud the site's efforts to bring together so many facets of this increasingly popular trend, I can't help but feel that the directory concept the site employs seems a .
• The 2,000 businessmen present might have applauded their hosts if this fact had been called to their attention, but they were by no means ready to applaud when Chairman Williams .

• clap
• spat
• acclaim

• boo

News & Articles

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• Applause is contagious, not based on performance: study
  Researchers in Sweden have found that people applaud because others are doing the same.
  June 19, 2013 - GlobalPost
• MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Applaud Fed In Advance
  MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Applaud Fed In Advance
  June 18, 2013 - Nasdaq
• PayQuicker Now Provides Companies a Simpler, No-Cost Way to Make 1099 Payments
  Companies applaud PayQuicker and their new streamlined no-cost 1099 payment approach. (PRWeb June 18, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10836574.htm
  June 18, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Shonda Rhimes in Washington Post
  We applaud and encourage Isaiah's realization that he needs help and his subsequent choice to seek immediate treatment for his behavioral issues,Rhimes said.
• Gordon Brown in Economic Times
  Brown said, "It's very sad and tragic that someone so young has this disease of cancer and that the treatment she has been given has not been successful. Her determination to help her family is something I applaud. I wish her well, and I know the...
• Andrew Cuomo in Chicago Tribune
  I applaud the employees who are returning the bonuses,Cuomo said during a conference call with reporters. "I think they are being responsive to the American people."