Associations to the word «Ovation»

Wiktionary

OVATION, noun. Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
OVATION, noun. (Ancient Rome) A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.

Dictionary definition

OVATION, noun. Enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky