ovation.
A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
Meaning & usage
A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement.
Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin ovō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ovātiōnemlbor. English ovation Learned borrowing from Latin ovātiōnem.
To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin ovō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ovātiōnemlbor. English ovation Learned borrowing from Latin ovātiōnem.
The act of laying eggs.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin ovatio (“egg-laying”) + English -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or the result of an action or process). Ovatio is derived from ovāre (“to lay eggs”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“dress; to be dressed, clothe oneself”)) + -āre.
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