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Definitions for OVATION
oʊˈveɪ ʃənova·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ovation, standing ovationnoun

    enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)

GCIDE

  1. Ovationnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. ovationnoun

    prolonged enthusiastic applause

  2. ovationnoun

    (Ancient Rome) a victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph

  3. Etymology: From ovationem (accusative of ovatio).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ovationnoun

    A lesser triumph among the Romans allowed to those commanders who had won a victory without much blood shed, or defeated some less formidable enemy. Dict.

    Etymology: ovation, Fr. ovatio, Lat.

ChatGPT

  1. ovation

    An ovation is an enthusiastic and prolonged applause or show of appreciation from an audience, typically in response to a performance or event.

Wikidata

  1. Ovation

    The ovation was a lower form of the Roman triumph. Ovations were granted, when war was not declared between enemies on the level of states, when an enemy was considered basely inferior or when the general conflict was resolved with little to no bloodshed or danger to the army itself. The general celebrating the ovation did not enter the city on a biga, a chariot pulled by two white horses, as generals celebrating triumphs did, but instead walked in the toga praetexta of a magistrate. The honoured general also wore a wreath of myrtle upon his brow, rather than the triumphal wreath of laurel. The Roman Senate did not precede the general, nor did soldiers usually participate in the procession. Perhaps the most famous ovation in history is that which Marcus Licinius Crassus celebrated after his victory of the Third Servile War.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ovation

    ō-vā′shun, n. an outburst of popular applause, an enthusiastic reception: in ancient Rome, a lesser triumph. [Fr.,—L.,—ovāre, -ātum, to shout.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. ovation

    See Triumph.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OVATION in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OVATION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of OVATION in a Sentence

  1. Hillary Clinton:

    Bill and I just stand around watching Charlotte. Whatever she does we think is marvelous, nobody has ever done it before, she learns to clap her hands, we give her a standing ovation.

  2. Jake Voracek:

    That video was nice. The ovation was beautiful from the fans, so thank you for that.

  3. Francine Prose:

    I couldn't imagine being in the audience when they have a standing ovation for Charlie Hebdo.

  4. Justin Fletcher:

    It was the weirdest thing, i got back in the dugout and asked, ‘What was going on with them giving him a standing ovation, were they being mean to him?’ My teammates were like, ‘He’s the starting quarterback on the football team.’.

  5. Don Felder:

    There were about 400 heads of state from countries all over the world. I walked out and played 'Hotel California,' and everybody in the place gave me a standing ovation, and half of those countries don't even speak English.

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