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noun

Ovation n.

(Rom. Antiq.) A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite. "To rain an April of ovation round Their statues."

Especially: A prolonged applause for a person of group after a speech or performance.

standing ovation a prolonged applause during which the audience stands as a sign of special appreciation or admiration.

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Etymology of 'Ovation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ovation" Quotes from Famous Books

... were transferred to the Island of St. Michael. Their transit was more like an ovation than a disgrace. The better class of spectators embarked in gondolas and followed the cortge with shouts of encouragement and waving of handkerchiefs; "Courage, courage, brave patriots!" was their salutation; and when night fell upon ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 25, November, 1859 • Various

... people, en masse, flocked to hear him, and his name was in every mouth. The Democratic nominees did not attempt to meet him on the stump. His march through the State was over the heads of the people, hundreds following him from county to county in his ovation. McNutt alone attempted to meet him and speak with him, and he only once. McNutt was a Virginian, and was a man of stupendous abilities; he was a lawyer by profession, and was Governor of the State. Next to Poindexter, he was the ablest man who ever filled the chair. ...

— The Memories of Fifty Years • William H. Sparks

... red wagon unheralded. But the warmth of his reception made up for any temporary slight. In fact, after supper, when Roy related their strange adventures, and told how, if it had not been for Wandering William, they might never have reached the camp, Wandering William's greeting reached an ovation. ...

— The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings • Margaret Burnham

... an emotional climax for any considerable length of time. Untidy women and idle-looking men with the rust of inaction consuming them, quickly appeared on the scene, and when the little lamplighter descended from the railway tracks it was to be greeted with something like an ovation at the hands of ...

— The Just and the Unjust • Vaughan Kester

... it was discovered that five Yankees had been captured the cavalrymen received an ovation. But they made straight on to their destination; what it was Clif had ...

— A Prisoner of Morro - In the Hands of the Enemy • Upton Sinclair

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