accolade
noun/ˈækəleɪd/
/ˈækəleɪd/
(formal)- praise or an award for an achievement that people admire
- Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three-star rating.
- a long list of industry accolades
- He was finally awarded the ultimate accolade —British Hairdresser of the Year—five years later.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- high
- prestigious
- …
- earn
- garner
- get
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from Provençal acolada, literally ‘embrace around the neck (when bestowing knighthood)’, from Latin ad- ‘at, to’ + collum ‘neck’.Take your English to the next level
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