Praise

Definition

praise /preÇz/ v ၁။ ~ sb/ sth (for sth); ~ sb/ sth as sth ခ်ီးက်ဴးသည္။ ခ်ီးမြမ္းသည္။ အမႊမ္းတင္သည္။ She praised his cooking. ❍ He praised her for all her hard work. ❍ Critics praised the work as highly original. ၂။ ဘုရားသခင္ ၏ ဂုဏ္ပုဒ္ကို ဥဒါန္းက်ဴးသည္။ ဘုရားသခင္၏ ေက်းဇူးေတာ္ကို ခ်ီးက်ဴးသည္။ praise the Lord. n [U] ၁။ ခ်ီးက်ဴးျခင္း။ ခ်ီးမြမ္းျခင္း။ an achievement worthy of great praise ❍ It's important to give praise where it is due (ie praise people when they deserve it). ❍ His teachers are full of praise for his work. ❍ He received high praise for his scientific research. ❍ He spoke in praise of all the members of the rescue team. ၂။ ဘုရားသခင္ကို ကိုးကြယ္႐ိုက်ဳိးျခင္း။ a hymn of praise ❍ Praise be (to God) (ie expressing relief or joy)! ❏ praiseworthy /-wɜ:ði/ adj ခ်ီးက်ဴးထိုက္ေသာ။ ခ်ီးမြမ္း ထိုက္ေသာ။ a very praiseworthy achievement/ effort/ performance. praiseworthiness n [U]

Examples

1. Mayor Dixon praised the efforts of those involved in the rescue.
2. [highly praise] : The painting of St Basil’s Cathedral was highly praised.
3. [praise someone for (doing) something] : He praised the staff for encouraging the artistic talents of the prisoners.
4. ‘Let us praise the Lord!’