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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
acclaimed
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
critically acclaimed (=praised by critics)
▪ The play was critically acclaimed when it opened in London last month.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
▪ I find the seats just as comfortable as the highly acclaimed Rover items, while rear passengers enjoy greater legroom.
▪ Also of widebody design is Dunlop's highly acclaimed Revelation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "The West Wing" is one of the most critically acclaimed TV series in the USA.
▪ Her work on finding a cure for cancer has been widely acclaimed by her colleagues in the medical profession.
▪ Paul Simon's solo career has resulted in a string of highly acclaimed albums.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It started late last year with two critically acclaimed gigs in London.
▪ She dies in 1963, years before the critically acclaimed work was being adapted for the silver screen.
▪ Shortly afterwards, his defeated opponent Ali reappeared and was in turn acclaimed caliph.
▪ The result is an exciting and innovative marriage of the old and the new, and a widely acclaimed architectural success.
▪ We are foremost in research and have an acclaimed information service.
Wiktionary
acclaimed

  1. Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected. v

  2. (en-past of: acclaim)

Usage examples of "acclaimed".

It was an opportune move at a time when the SoA needed a new Word to pull it back together, and MacArthur was already being acclaimed by many as Ayultha's successor.

Didn't Come Home', written for Redbook in 1985, is one of a small group of short stories about Millhone and, apart from revealing the acclaimed PI at the top of her form, demonstrates in its clever plotting and intriguing characters just why the private investigator has played such a vital role in the development of crime fiction.

A little over a week later, on February 9, the Sacred College of Cardinals suddenly and unanimously acclaimed his successor, Alessandro Ludovisi of Bologna, as Pope Gregory XV.

He chose for his Master of Pontifical Ceremonies Monsignor Virginio Cesarini, Lyncean, who wrote acclaimed poetry and had pursued the study of mathematics after hearing an inspirational lecture by Galileo.

After his will had been made legal and all in attendance had acclaimed Henry as king, so passed away that great lord, who had by his efforts united Wendar and Varre and, being first among equals and matchless in all those virtues governing mind and body, stood as the greatest of all regnants reigning in all the lands.

Guessing that despite the casualties the pilots would be acclaimed for bringing the airplane in, Minh held the captain's grief-stricken face in closeup.