acclaim

v. cheer for; praise, hail, extol; shout praise

n. praise; applause

This article is for the defunct video game company Acclaim Entertainment. For the MMOG developer, see Acclaim Games. For a car called Acclaim, see Plymouth Acclaim or Triumph Acclaim.Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed, and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance, Sony's PlayStation and PlayStation 2, Microsoft's Xbox, and, to a lesser extent, personal computer systems and arcade games. Since Acclaim Entertainment's 2004 demise, the Acclaim brand and logotype have been purchased and are now used by Acclaim Games.
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Noun
1. enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"
(synonym) acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat
(hypernym) approval, commendation
(derivation) applaud, clap, spat
Verb
1. praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
(synonym) hail, herald
(hypernym) applaud
(derivation) acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat
2. clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
(synonym) applaud, clap, spat
(hypernym) gesticulate, gesture, motion
(hyponym) bravo
(entail) approve, O.K., okay, sanction
(derivation) acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat

(v. t.)
To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
  

(v. t.)
To declare by acclamations.
  

(v. t.)
To applaud.
  

(v. i.)
To shout applause.
  

(n.)
Acclamation.
  

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