round of applause
An outburst of clapping among a group or audience.
Please give all of the fantastic performers a big round of applause for their efforts this evening!
ADJ
deafening, loud, thunderous, tumultuous | enthusiastic, rapturous, warm, wild | prolonged, sustained
spontaneous
When the singer finished her song, spontaneous applause erupted from the audience.
gentle, muted, polite
The singer received only polite applause from the audience at the end of her performance.
QUANT
burst, ripple, roar, round
When the singer finished her final song, a burst of applause filled the concert hall.
VERB + APPLAUSE
be greeted with, draw, earn, get, receive, win
The young musician earned thunderous applause from the audience after her impressive performance.
break into, burst into
When the singer finished her final song, the crowd burst into applause.
acknowledge
The actor bowed to acknowledge the applause from the audience.
deserve
The young pianist deserved the enthusiastic applause from the audience after her performance.
APPLAUSE + VERB
break out, greet sb/sth
Loud applause broke out when the singer finished her final song.
grow
die away/down, subside
The crowd's applause gradually subsided as the speaker left the stage.
PREP
to ~
The audience erupted to wild applause when the singer finished her final song.
~ for
The audience gave loud applause for the musician's incredible performance.