Meaning

2 senses

  1. (rare, transitive)To give someone an ovation.

  2. (intransitive, rare)To applaud enthusiastically.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō, see -ate (verb-forming suff

Borrowed from Latin ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

ovates, ovating, ovated, ovated
Base formovate · to ovate
3rd person singularovates
Present participleovating
Past simpleovated
Past participleovated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovate
he, she, itovates

Past simpleLesson

all personsovated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ovated
he, she, ithas ovated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ovate

Word family

3 related words
Relatedovationovationalovationary

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ouzoovalB2ovaryovationovenA2

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