applauded
Sayuh-PLAWD-id/əˈplɔdɪd/UK/əˈplɔːdɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of applaud.
The audience applauded warmly at the end of the final act.
Her decision to step down was widely applauded by colleagues across the company.
Note
One regular -ed form does double duty: the finite past (the crowd applauded) and the participle after have or be (they had applauded; the plan was applauded). Because applaud is both transitive and intransitive, it can stand alone or take an object. The passive works for literal clapping and figurative praise alike, so a speech can be applauded in a hall and a policy in the press.
applauded is a form of applaud
applaud, verb: To clap one's hands together as a way of showing approval, such as of a performance or speech. Full entry
- Forms
- applaudapplauds he/she/itapplauding -ing formapplauded past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- applaud → applauded: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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