Meaning
1 sensesTo praise; to glorify.
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восхваля́тьvosxvaljátʹ
praise, glorify, or honor
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
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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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Forms
lauds, lauding, lauded, laudedSynonyms
26 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.