accolade
any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press.
a light touch on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword or formerly by an embrace, done in the ceremony of conferring knighthood.
the ceremony itself.
Music. a brace joining several staves.
Architecture.
an archivolt or hood molding having more or less the form of an ogee arch.
a decoration having more or less the form of an ogee arch, cut into a lintel or flat arch.
Origin of accolade
1Other words from accolade
- ac·co·lad·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with accolade
- accoladed , accolated
Words Nearby accolade
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How to use accolade in a sentence
I played pretty good, productive football while I was there and received a lot of accolades for it.
Trent Williams says he won’t carry grudge into Sunday’s game against ex-Washington teammates | Les Carpenter | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostExisting shareholders are rewarded when stock prices rise, and CEOs reap the benefits via compensation and professional accolade.
Companies must commit to equal pay to make stakeholder capitalism work | matthewheimer | September 18, 2020 | FortuneNow Facebook wants accolades for its clean-up work, before it even successfully solves the problems it has created.
In March, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff won accolades for saying the company would not do any “significant layoffs” over a three-month period and would pay its hourly workers while the company’s offices were closed.
After blockbuster quarter, Salesforce lays off nearly 1,000 employees | jonathanvanian2015 | August 26, 2020 | FortuneThe sentiment, intent, objections, and accolades are all there for you to learn from, but you have to invest the time to dive in beyond a high-level engagement graph.
The three most critical marketing metrics to measure right now | Adam Masur | July 2, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
By the way, why is special interests always shady while special needs is practically an accolade?
What Kurland said he remembered most though was not an individual accolade, but a moment that transcended sport.
Bob Kurland, the First Player to Dunk, Was a Pioneer for Big Men | Kevin Fixler | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a history-making accolade for Ridley, who became only the second black person to win the Best Screenplay Oscar.
John Ridley on ’12 Years A Slave,’ Jimi Hendrix Biopic, Steve McQueen 'Feud,' and Diversity Onscreen | Marlow Stern | March 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn some ways, “pioneer” is the most lucrative accolade of all.
Will Today’s Closeted NFL Stars Let Michael Sam Be the First Out Player? | Evin Demirel | February 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Unsung Yugoslavian novelist” is not the sort of accolade that moves a book off of a shelf.
The meanest hind was ennobled by the accolade of martyrdom to the loftiest peerage of the skies.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowWhat sort of an accolade he expected on arriving to keep his passion on its legs, Heaven only knows!
Somehow Good | William de MorganAylward, you are a trusty soldier, for all that your shoulder has never felt accolade, nor your heels worn the gold spurs.
The White Company | Arthur Conan DoyleAs she looked proudly down at the hand he had honored with a blow as with an accolade she saw by her watch that it was after six.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesYet on the livery of the countryside the accolade of Frost had wrought a wonder.
Berry And Co. | Dornford Yates
British Dictionary definitions for accolade
/ (ˈækəˌleɪd, ˌækəˈleɪd) /
strong praise or approval; acclaim
an award or honour
the ceremonial gesture used to confer knighthood, originally an embrace, now a touch on the shoulder with a sword
a rare word for brace (def. 7)
architect a curved ornamental moulding, esp one having the shape of an ogee arch
Origin of accolade
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