Meaning & use
international acclaim
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Meaning
noununcountableformalapproving
Praise and admiration from people in many different countries.
Grammar: No plural and no a/an: win international acclaim, receive international acclaim.
Patterns
- win international acclaim
- receive international acclaim
- achieve international acclaim
- international acclaim for something
The young director won international acclaim for her first film.
His photographs brought him international acclaim in the 1980s.
The novel received international acclaim and was translated into twenty languages.
Common combinations
- win international acclaim
- The choir won international acclaim after its tour of Europe.
- receive international acclaim
- Her research received international acclaim from other scientists.
- achieve international acclaim
- He achieved international acclaim as a pianist before he was thirty.
- international acclaim for a book
- The book won international acclaim for its honest portrayal of war.
- critical acclaim
- The play had critical acclaim but never became popular with audiences.
Synonyms and how they differ
- worldwide recognition
- Focuses on people knowing and respecting the work, rather than on loud praise.
- global fame
- Means being famous everywhere, which can happen without the respect that acclaim suggests.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: international acclaim or international claim?
international acclaim vs international claim
A claim is a statement or demand; acclaim is praise. They sound similar but mean very different things.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'international acclaim' correctly.
Choose one answer.
The phrase is uncountable, so it takes no article and no plural: 'won international acclaim'. Options A, C, and D wrongly add an article or a plural form.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “international acclaim”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.