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clamour

clam·our

 (klăm′ər)

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clamour

(ˈklæmə) or

clamor

n

1. a loud persistent outcry, as from a large number of people

2. a vehement expression of collective feeling or outrage: a clamour against higher prices.

3. a loud and persistent noise: the clamour of traffic.

vb

4. (intr; often foll by for or against) to make a loud noise or outcry; make a public demand: they clamoured for attention.

5. (tr) to move, influence, or force by outcry: the people clamoured him out of office.

[C14: from Old French clamour, from Latin clāmor, from clāmāre to cry out]

ˈclamourer, ˈclamorer n

ˈclamorous adj

ˈclamorously adv

ˈclamorousness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Clamour

 a company of rooks; a flock of birds; a loud collective noise of musical instruments, 1592; a loud noise of birds and animals; loud shouting; a mingling of voices.

Examples: clamour of disapprobation, 1830; common clamour of the Englishman, 1480; of rooks; of storms, 1876.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

clamour


Past participle: clamoured
Gerund: clamouring
Imperative
clamour
clamour
Present
I clamour
you clamour
he/she/it clamours
we clamour
you clamour
they clamour
Preterite
I clamoured
you clamoured
he/she/it clamoured
we clamoured
you clamoured
they clamoured
Present Continuous
I am clamouring
you are clamouring
he/she/it is clamouring
we are clamouring
you are clamouring
they are clamouring
Present Perfect
I have clamoured
you have clamoured
he/she/it has clamoured
we have clamoured
you have clamoured
they have clamoured
Past Continuous
I was clamouring
you were clamouring
he/she/it was clamouring
we were clamouring
you were clamouring
they were clamouring
Past Perfect
I had clamoured
you had clamoured
he/she/it had clamoured
we had clamoured
you had clamoured
they had clamoured
Future
I will clamour
you will clamour
he/she/it will clamour
we will clamour
you will clamour
they will clamour
Future Perfect
I will have clamoured
you will have clamoured
he/she/it will have clamoured
we will have clamoured
you will have clamoured
they will have clamoured
Future Continuous
I will be clamouring
you will be clamouring
he/she/it will be clamouring
we will be clamouring
you will be clamouring
they will be clamouring
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been clamouring
you have been clamouring
he/she/it has been clamouring
we have been clamouring
you have been clamouring
they have been clamouring
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been clamouring
you will have been clamouring
he/she/it will have been clamouring
we will have been clamouring
you will have been clamouring
they will have been clamouring
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been clamouring
you had been clamouring
he/she/it had been clamouring
we had been clamouring
you had been clamouring
they had been clamouring
Conditional
I would clamour
you would clamour
he/she/it would clamour
we would clamour
you would clamour
they would clamour
Past Conditional
I would have clamoured
you would have clamoured
he/she/it would have clamoured
we would have clamoured
you would have clamoured
they would have clamoured

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun1.clamour - loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"

cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

Verb1.clamour - utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment"
2.clamour - make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"

demand - request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

clamour

noun

1. noise, shouting, racket, outcry, din, uproar, agitation, blare, commotion, babel, hubbub, brouhaha, hullabaloo, shout Kathryn's quiet voice stilled the clamour.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

ضَجَّه، صَحَبيَصْخَب

dožadovat sekřikřev

kræve højlydtråbenskrålenskrigen

lármásan követel

hávaîi, háreystiheimta meî háreysti

kelti triukšmą

klaigasskaļi protestēt/pieprasītskaļš proteststrokšņošanatrokšņot

domáhať sa krikom

vaveylâyaygarayaygara/vaveylâ koparmak

clamour

clamor (US) [ˈklæməʳ]

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

clamour

[ˈklæmər] (British) clamor (US)

n

(= demand) clamour for sth → demande de qch

vi (= demand) to clamour for sth → réclamer qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

clamour

, (US) clamor

n

(= noise) → Lärm m, → Lärmen nt; the clamour of the battlefield → der Kampf- or Schlachtenlärm

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

clamour

clamor (Am) [ˈklæməʳ]

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

clamour

(American) clamor (ˈklӕmə) noun

(a) loud uproar.

verb

(especially of a crowd demanding something) to make such an uproar etc. They're all clamouring to get their money back.

ˈclamorous adjective

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