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/oʊvˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Ovation n.

(Rom. Antiq.) A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite. "To rain an April of ovation round Their statues."

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

standing ovation a prolonged applause during which the audience stands as a sign of special appreciation or admiration.

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Etymology of 'Ovation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ovation" Quotes from Famous Books

... very ideal of poetical justice done always to one's hand:—to have everybody found out, who tells lies; and everybody decorated with a red riband, who doesn't; and to see the good Laura, who gave away her half sovereign, receiving a grand ovation from an entire dinner party disturbed for the purpose; and poor, dear, little Rosamond, who chooses purple jars instead of new shoes, left at last without either her shoes or her bottle. But it isn't life: ...

— The Crown of Wild Olive • John Ruskin

... adjourned sine die; haven't got time just now—you know what a fellow I am. Just got her letter; very naive and amusing—but don't tell her so, or else she will pose for that and spoil it. Here is a little drawing for you. Do all honour to it, since it has met with a little ovation here." ...

— In Bohemia with Du Maurier - The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences • Felix Moscheles

... several East Indian tongues and dialects, as well as one in Swedish. It author had the rare felicity, while on a visit to his son, a missionary in Burmah, of hearing it sung by native Christians in their language, and of being welcomed with an ovation when they knew ...

— The Story of the Hymns and Tunes • Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

... Lord Shaftesbury wrote thus about the birth of his eldest son's eldest son:—"My little village is all agog with the birth of a son and heir in the very midst of them, the first, it is believed, since 1600, when the first Lord Shaftesbury was born. The christening yesterday was an ovation. Every cottage had flags and flowers. We had three triumphal arches; and all the people were exulting. 'He is one of us.' 'He is a fellow-villager.' 'We have now got a lord of our own.' This is really gratifying. I did not think ...

— Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography • George William Erskine Russell

... touched at Cherbourg and later at Queenstown she was again the object of a port ovation, the smaller craft doing obeisance while thousands gazed in wonder at her stupendous proportions. After taking aboard some additional passengers at each port, the Titanic headed her towering bow toward the open sea and the race for a record on ...

— Sinking of the Titanic - and Great Sea Disasters • Various

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