laud
Glorification or praiseGlorification or praise.
» Most will laud the crackdown as steps toward transparency, fairness in business and better-run local partner companies, economists predict.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Glorification or praise.
хвала́xvalá, восхвале́ниеvosxvalénije
(countable, uncountable)Hymn of praise.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)A prayer service following matins.
Examples
4 sentencesMost will laud the crackdown as steps toward transparency, fairness in business and better-run local partner companies, economists predict.
The global end of leaded gasoline use has been lauded as a milestone by the United Nations Environment Program.
Billy's contributions to the English corpus are lauded as commendable, while Dmitri's innocuous contribution is immediately dismissed as spam and frowned upon.
"Himself, a foe, oft lauded Troy's renown, / and claimed the Teucrian sires as kinsmen of his own."
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, fInherited from Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.
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