RAVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of rave in English
rave verb [I]
(SPEAK FOOLISHLY )
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rave verb [I]
(PRAISE )
informal to
praise something very much:
praise Lawmakers praised the bipartisan deal. congratulate I congratulated him on passing his driving test. compliment I was just complimenting Robert on the wonderful meal he has cooked. commend The judge commended her for her bravery. pay tribute to He paid tribute to the firefighters who had saved his daughter's life. flatter I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money.
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(Definition of rave from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
rave | American Dictionary
rave adjective
(ENTHUSIASTIC )
rave verb [I]
(SPEAK FOOLISHLY )
rave verb [I]
(SHOW ENTHUSIASM )
Everyone is raving about that new Vietnamese restaurant .
(Definition of rave from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
Examples of rave
rave
She demonstrated that participants in rave scenes defined themselves against an inauthentic, classed-down and feminised 'mainstream', concepts that were used to define the scene's borders.
And once constituted, these raving bodies became governable bodies.
Once raves had been banned on city-owned property, the media began to take an even greater interest in rave culture.
For example, ravers (partygoers), promoters, and community-based health projects, all have very different investments in raving.
However, the transient nature of rave , particularly in the early 1990s, also added a further element of defamiliarisation.
Structurally the self-interest of providers is not a motive force, given the high rave of state involvement.
In its anti-materialist stance, rave attempts to provide an alternate (if somewhat flawed) challenge to capitalist commodity culture.
Consider the undeniable transformation of so many 'rave ' organisers from self-purported anarchists into capitalist benefactors.
Members of the panel attempted to dissolve the myths around rave culture, especially concerning the issues of drugs and violence.
Throughout the education campaign, the need to express the beauty and value of the rave community was a priority.
The style of the music was dance/rave .
This would have g rave consequences after 1928 which were neither inevitable nor foreseeable in 1924.
Rave tends to consist of fairly simple repeated phrases not unlike graffiti.
Ravers who were considered to be 'at risk youth' were absorbed into a normalising order as rave morphed into a state-sanctioned leisure activity.
The 1990 rave legislation is also wrongly named.
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Translations of rave
in Chinese (Traditional)
說蠢話, （通常指因爲心煩、憤怒或生病而）語無倫次，胡言亂語，說胡話, 熱情的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
说蠢话, （通常指因为心烦、愤怒或生病而）语无伦次，胡言乱语，说胡话, 热情的…
in Spanish
despotricar, delirar, poner por las nubes…
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enfurecer-se, delirar, pirar com…
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çılgınca bağırıp çağırmak, heyecanlı heyecanlı anlatmak, deliler gibi konuşup durmak…
ne pas tarir d’éloges sur, tempêter contre, délirer…
raaskallen, opgetogen zijn…
merepet karena marah, bicara penuh semangat…
พูดเพ้อเจ้อ, พูดอย่างกระตือรือร้น…
zachwycać się, pieklić się, powrzaskiwać…
yra, tala med hänförelse…
være begeistret, rase, snakke i ørske…
говорити безладно, говорити із запалом…
восторгаться, неистовствовать, проклинать…
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