Meaning & use
Raves
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Large, energetic parties featuring electronic dance music, typically held at night in warehouses or outdoor venues.
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In the early 1990s, illegal raves sprang up in fields across the countryside.
The critics' raves helped the small film find a wider audience.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'raves' means to talk with wild enthusiasm or, in older usage, to speak incoherently in delirium.
Words with a similar meaning
partiesdance events
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2. verb
Talks with great enthusiasm or admiration about something.
He raves about that restaurant to anyone who will listen.
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