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applause | plausible |

As a noun applause

is the act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

As an adjective plausible is

seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible: a plausible excuse.

applause

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
  • * {{quote-book, 1904, author=(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), title=(The Return of Sherlock Holmes), chapter=(The Adventure of the Six Napoleons) citation
    • , passage=Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. A flush of colour sprang to Holmes's pale cheeks, and he bowed to us like the master dramatist who receives the homage of his audience. It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause . The same singularly proud and reserved nature which turned away with disdain from popular notoriety was capable of being moved to its depths by spontaneous wonder and praise from a friend.}}

    Derived terms

    * applauseometer

    Synonyms

    * acclaim, acclamation, approbation, approval, commendation, plaudit

    See also

    * *

    External links

    * (wikipedia "applause") ----

    plausible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible: a plausible excuse.
  • *
    • In short, the twin assumptions that syntactic rules are category-based, and that there are a highly restricted finite set of categories in any natural language (perhaps no more than a dozen major categories), together with the assumption that the child either knows'' (innately) or ''learns (by experience) that all rules are structure-dependent ( =category-based), provide a highly plausible model of language acquisition, in which languages become learnable in a relatively short, finite period of time (a few years).
  • Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
    • a plausible''' pretext; '''plausible''' manners; a '''plausible delusion
  • Using specious arguments or discourse. (rfv-sense)
    • a plausible speaker
  • (obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
    • (Bishop Hacket)

    Derived terms

    * plausibility