Other forms: ovations
An ovation is long enthusiastic applause from an audience. A standing ovation, receive an ovation, a five-minute ovation.
A standing ovation was once rare and is now nearly automatic in some theatres, which has cost it most of its meaning. In Rome an ovation was a lesser form of triumph, granted for a victory that did not quite merit the full ceremony.
1nounovationLong enthusiastic applause from an audience.
“The singer received a long ovation at the end of the concert.”
ovation is applause.
Latin ovatio was a lesser Roman triumph, from ovare, to rejoice or exult.
Latin
ovātiō
English, today
ovation
Learned borrowing from Latin ovātiō.
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