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accolade::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | award, honor, honour, laurels |
| Type of | symbol |
| Has types | academy award, aliyah, cachet, citation, commendation, crown, decoration, degree, distinction, emmy, honorable mention, laurel wreath, letter, medal, medallion, mention, nobel prize, oscar, palm, pennant, prix de rome, prix goncourt, prize, ribbon, seal, seal of approval, trophy, academic degree, varsity letter |
Examples of accolade
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Roby rounded out the monthly winners for taking home the special teams accolade.
From the kentucky.com
Their only rival for that accolade may have been the Bush-Cheney effort in 2004.
From the post-gazette.com
The 18-year-old boasts a tennis resume brimming with one accolade after another.
From the boston.com
Therefore the Fiver needs to get off the fence and award this accolade properly.
From the guardian.co.uk
Local MP James Grey said the accolade was fitting for the small Wiltshire town.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Democrats basked in the latest accolade bestowed on their party's brightest star.
From the tennessean.com
It is the fifth player of the year accolade for the nation's leading goal scorer.
From the newsobserver.com
Before he died, he won practically every award and accolade a musician could win.
From the newsweek.com
To be spoken of in the same breath as Brian Statham is an accolade few deserve.
From the independent.co.uk
- Award: a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"
- In the Middle Ages, the accolade (or dubbing) was the central act in the rite-of-passage ceremonies conferring knighthood.
- 'Morton' (Accolade) is an elm cultivar cloned from a putative hybrid planted at the Morton Arboretum in 1924, which itself originated as seed collected from a tree at the Arnold Arboretum in Massachusetts. ...
- Accolade was an American video game developer and publisher of the 1980s and 1990s. Headquartered in San Jose, California, it was founded in 1984 by game industry veterans Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. ...
- Modern musical symbols are the marks and symbols that are widely used in musical scores of all styles and instruments today. This is intended to be a comprehensive English guide to the various symbols encountered in modern musical notation.
- The Accolade is the annual art and literary magazine of Lakewood High School located in Lakewood, California.
- An expression of approval; praise; A special acknowledgment; an award; A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword; A brace used to join two or more staves; Written Presidential certificate ...
- (Accolades) Critics generally have praised his virtuosity. 'On the technical level, Laplante worked wonders. At least half his program was very demanding from the standpoint of virtuosity,' wrote Claude Gingras (Montreal La Presse, 14 Nov 1978). ...
- (Ac'-co-lade) The ceremony by which in mediaeval times one was dubbed a knight. Antiquaries are not agreed on what this was. It has been made an embrace around the neck, a kiss or a slight blow upon the cheek or shoulder.
