praise
verb/preɪz/
/preɪz/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they praise | /preɪz/ /preɪz/ |
| he / she / it praises | /ˈpreɪzɪz/ /ˈpreɪzɪz/ |
| past simple praised | /preɪzd/ /preɪzd/ |
| past participle praised | /preɪzd/ /preɪzd/ |
| -ing form praising | /ˈpreɪzɪŋ/ /ˈpreɪzɪŋ/ |
- to say that you approve of and admire somebody/something synonym compliment
- praise somebody/something She praised his cooking.
- a highly praised film
- praise somebody/something for something He praised his team for their performance.
- praise somebody/something for doing something They were praised by police for reporting the theft.
- praise somebody/something as something Critics praised the work as highly original.
Homophones praise | prays | preyspraise prays preys/preɪz//preɪz/Extra Examples- He praised all his staff highly.
- The defeated captain was quick to praise the winning team.
- Her achievements in this field have been rightly praised.
- The album has been universally praised for its creativity.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effusively
- highly
- lavishly
- …
- be quick to
- for
- be unanimously praised
- be universally praised
- be widely praised
- …
- praise somebody to express your thanks to or your respect for God
- Praise the Lord.
- Allah be praised.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effusively
- highly
- lavishly
- …
- be quick to
- for
- be unanimously praised
- be universally praised
- be widely praised
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘set a price on, attach value to’): from Old French preisier ‘to prize, praise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’. Compare with prize.
Idioms
See praise in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee praise in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishpraise somebody/something to the skies
- to praise somebody/something a lot
- Her manager praised her to the skies.
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