noun · rare

accolade

ac·co·lade

accolade · accolades

аколада

похвала, панегирик, акколада

Anerkennung, Lob, Auszeichnung, Ritterschlag

An expression of approvalAn expression of approval; praise.

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/ˈæk.əˌleɪd/

» His new book received accolades from the magazines.

Meaning

8 senses

An expression of approval; praise.
The scientist received the highest accolade in her field for the groundbreaking discovery.
Winning the championship brought the team immense accolade from sports analysts worldwide.
Anerkennung, Lob
похвала́poxvalá, панеги́рикpanegírik
A special acknowledgment; an award.
This film is likely to pick up major accolades.
Auszeichnung
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
(historical)A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
Ritterschlag, Akkolade, Schwertleite
аккола́даakkoláda
акола́даakoláda
A brace used to join two or more staves.
Akkolade
аккола́даakkoláda
акола́даakoláda
(US)A written presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
Synonym of curly bracket.

More definitions

a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

Examples

6 sentences

His new book received accolades from the magazines.
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Carlos's work has earned him several awards and accolades.
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The prime minister's businesslike approach to welfare reform earned him accolades among the upper class.
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Although she was merited with many an accolade, we still don’t know what she did to deserve them.
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Mark's creativity and his ability to have more than one trick up his sleeve earned him many accolades.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

a salutation marking the conferring of knighthood:

Русский

By meaning 2

an expression of approval; praise:

a salutation marking the conferring of knighthood:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

an expression of approval; praise:

a special acknowledgment; an award:

a salutation marking the conferring of knighthood:

Origin

First use appears c. 1591 in the publications of Thomas Lodge, borrowed from French accola

First use appears c. 1591 in the publications of Thomas Lodge, borrowed from French accolade, from Occitan acolada (“an embrace”), from acolar (“to embrace”), from Italian accollato, via Vulgar Latin *accollō (“to hug around the neck”), from Latin ad- + collum (“neck”) (English collar) + -āta.

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