Today we’ll talk about what is familiar to the artist, while others either embarrass or amaze. In the area of ​​particular attention is the question of how to spell “applause”.
Origin
Understanding is one of the key elements of any knowledge. Accordingly, the more information, the less mistakes can be made. A man will never be mistaken in what he knows well. Therefore, we start from the origins.
The word came to us from French in the second third of the 19th century. There is also a Latin applaudire, which means "clap something." It is interesting that the noun considered today has been known since 1835, and the related verb “applaud” came into use earlier. Dictionaries indicate that this happened already in the 60s of the XVIII century, and officially it is recognized, that is, entered into dictionaries, only in 1803.
By the way, the verb is still useful to us, so all this has a direct bearing on the question of how to spell “applause”.
Value
From the etymological dictionary we pass to the explanatory. The latter contains the following meaning: "Applause in approval or greeting."
The dictionary is a serious book, so it does not contain what often happens in everyday life - ironic applause. This is especially true in game sports, when players, for example, in football, applaud a judge in a sign of a "high" rating of his work. But this happens not only in sports.
Like any action, applause (as we write, we will analyze further) can express different emotions. They can be sincere or polite, stormy or quiet. In other words, they can express the whole spectrum of human experiences. True, there is one condition: for the audience to show one emotion with applause, it must be a prepared audience. More often, of course, this does not happen. For example, at a concert, if the public does not like it, then it does not clap. Unless the artist is in shape, and his people feel sorry for various reasons. But this is a rarity.
Regardless of the answer to the question of how to spell correctly - applause means one thing: if you applaud, then the number was a success.
Synonyms
Sometimes it is necessary to replace one or the other word. Therefore, analogues are never redundant. Excess is not a disadvantage. Consider what are the options for replacing our object of study:
- clapping hands;
- furor;
- ovation;
- applause
- warm welcome.
Here not only full synonyms are presented, such as “clapping hands”, “ovation”, “applause”, but also semantic analogues - “furor” and “warm welcome”. The last two definitions, of course, are broader in content than the object of study.
The noun "fruits" and the cognate verb
Perhaps this is the main section, if we still want to answer the question of how to spell “applause”. Uncomplicated techniques for mentally breaking up a word will help the reader to memorize the correct spelling. The problem of the object of study is that the stress falls on the suffix "isment", on the letter "e". So the rest of the vowels are under suspicion. Remember we parsed a single root verb? Now we will need his help to remove suspicion from the letter “and” in the word “applause”. Everything is very simple. In the verb “applaud”, she is stressed. It must be remembered that the same vowel is written in a related noun, although the suffixes are different.
As for the letter “a,” one story will come to the rescue. To remember how the word “applause” is written, imagine: two are talking, and one another asks:
- And will there be fruits?
- Are you talking about applause? Of course there will be, what a conversation.
The secret is that the emotional, imaginative connection is more understandable and simpler than the semantic and grammatical connection. But if a person in his turn of logic, then do not let him confuse the vowel “a” at the beginning of the word, so it is a full-fledged element of the root of the word, and not a prefix. As you know, the prefix “a” is not in the Russian language. And of course, history is only good as some kind of memorization technique, an auxiliary tool, but it cannot replace reading and learning the rules. Yes, it is boring, and sometimes difficult, but inevitable.
Noisy applause is a symbol of success
We return to what was discussed above. Applause can express different emotions. When children play a school play, parents sitting in the hall can clap in support of their children, regardless of the quality of the performance. But usually, after all, thunderous applause suggests that the audience appreciates the spectacle. It’s one thing for parents who are interested in the psychological comfort of their children and spare them, even if the game isn’t successful, and another thing is the audience, randomly assembled at a concert where their favorite is playing. Yes, there is another option of pity for the idol, but this is rarely found, because money is hard to get, and only out of mercy a person will not vote in rubles for someone who has already entered the circulation and gives the viewer or listener an unsuitable product.
And the figures of show business themselves, feeling the approaching creative old age, often go into the shadows, because they understand that they don’t shine with applause. If life is after the scene? Of course, and she is extremely diverse in form, but the real artist still misses the applause.