praises 1 of 2

verb

Definition of praisesnext
present tense third-person singular of praise
1
as in celebrates
to proclaim the glory of hymns that praise God

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2
as in applauds
to declare enthusiastic approval of the school volunteers were praised for their excellent work in the reading program

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praises

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noun

plural of praise
as in acknowledgements

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for praises
  1. celebrates
  2. applauds
  3. hails
  4. kudos
  5. accolades
  6. acclaim
  7. acknowledgments
Verb
  • This year the event celebrates 25 years of honoring the best of Latin music in Spanish and Portuguese.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The company will heavily feature Brunson in a social media and out-of-home advertising campaign that celebrates the player’s rise from high school to Villanova to the NBA.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of celebrates
Verb
  • The crowd applauds Rudolph a few times.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
  • On the stump, Harris, the vice president, often applauds McCain’s role in blocking a GOP repeal of the Affordable Care Act and recently told a behind-the-scenes story about their brief time together in the Senate before McCain’s death from brain cancer in 2018.
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of applauds
Verb
  • Oldham hails from a creative family.
    Layla Ilchi, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This unassuming aesthetic gives way to the model’s technical complexity, housing a minute repeater complication, which hails from the genius of Abraham-Louis Breguet himself and his invention of the gong-spring back in 1783.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of hails
Noun
  • While the bikes look exotic (kudos to the styling team), they are priced and designed for India - so far.
    Bill Roberson, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • For those going the vintage route, kudos to any guest who turns up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in an archival Balmain frock dating between 1955 and 1958—the period when Lagerfeld served as Pierre Balmain’s assistant.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2023
Definition of kudos
Noun
  • Recent accolades include the Paramount Premium Award at the Tony Curtis International Film Festival in Hungary and best horror/thriller honors at the Glendale International Film Festival and the HorrOrigins Film Festival in Tucson.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • During the Country Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Keith’s expertise as a songwriter was noted, as were his accolades from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the BMI Icon Award.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of accolades
Noun
  • Her first publication was a chapbook of poems, 1983’s The Women Who Hate Me. 1988’s Trash, a book of essays, brought her critical acclaim.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Under his leadership, FX has reached all time highs in ratings, awards and acclaim.
    William Earl, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of acclaim
Noun
  • Land acknowledgements — the recognition that Indigenous people were the original inhabitants of American land — have become more common among academics, nonprofits, companies, celebrities and even in social media bios.
    Kate Murphy, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
  • With this in mind, several local institutions around Seattle have drafted land acknowledgements recognizing that words alone are inadequate.
    Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
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