praises

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of praise.

   The review praises the film for its bold direction.

   Whenever the team wins, the coach praises their effort in front of everyone.

   Note

   The -s ending belongs only to a he, she, it or singular-noun subject in the simple present. Every other present-tense subject takes the bare form praise. When does enters the sentence, the ending moves onto it: the review praises the film, but does the review praise it? and it doesn't praise the cast. The verb covers both ordinary commendation and worship.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of praise.

   The crowd showered the young pianist with praises after the recital.

   He sang the praises of his hometown to anyone who would listen.

   Note

   A plural that appears mostly in set or elevated phrases. In everyday use praise is usually uncountable (her work drew praise). It becomes countable when you sing the praises of someone, or in worship, where praises means acts of glorification. The same spelling is also the verb form, as in she praises the film. A determiner before it, or of after it, marks the noun.

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