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Noun acclaim has 1 sense
- acclaim, acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat - enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"
--1 is a kind of approval, commendation
Verb acclaim has 2 senses
- acclaim, hail, herald - praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
--1 is one way to applaud
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue acclaim the movie
- applaud, clap, spat, acclaim - clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
--2 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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