ovation

UK: /əʊˈveɪʃ^ən/ US: /oʊˈveɪʃən/ ,(ō vā′shən)

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o•va•tion /oʊˈveɪʃən/   n. [countable]

1. long, loud applause or other expression of great approval.

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o•va•tion  (ō vā′shən), n. 

1. an enthusiastic public reception of a person, marked esp. by loud and prolonged applause.
2. Ancient History [Rom. Hist.] the ceremonial entrance into Rome of a commander whose victories were of a lesser degree of importance than that for which a triumph was accorded. Cf. triumph (def. 4).

• Latin ovātiōn- (stem of ovātiō) a rejoicing, shouting, equivalent. to ovāt(us) (past participle of ovāre to rejoice) + -iōn- -ion
• 1525–35

o•va′tion•al, adj. 

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ovation / əʊˈveɪʃən/ noun

1. an enthusiastic reception, esp one of prolonged applause: a standing ovation
2. a victory procession less glorious than a triumph awarded to a Roman general

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin ovātiō rejoicing, from ovāre to exult

oˈvational adjective