praise in English: To say that someone or something is very good; also the good things people say about you. (verb)

Translation

To say that someone or something is very good; also the good things people say about you.

Word origin

From Old French preisier, from Latin pretiare, to value, from pretium, meaning price.

Verb typeregular (praise, praises, praised)

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You praise someone for something they did well.

Critics .

To praise something is to say publicly that it is very good.

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'Praise' is also a noun: high praise means very strong approval.

thank

To tell someone you are happy and grateful for what they did or gave you.

proud

Feeling glad and pleased about something good you or someone close has done.

compliment

Something nice you say about a person to show you like or admire them.

good

Of a high quality, nice, or the way you want it to be.

blame

To say that someone did the wrong thing that caused a problem.

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