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clam·our

(klăm′ər)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of clamor.

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clamour

(ˈklæmə) or

clamor

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.

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

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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.

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

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Noun	1.	clamour - loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd" clamoring, clamouring, hue and cry, clamor 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"
Verb	1.	clamour - utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment" clamor give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
	2.	clamour - make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance" clamor 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"

clamour

verb

1. yell, shout, scream, howl, bawl My two grandsons were clamouring to go swimming.

noun

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

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Translations

ضَجَّه، صَحَبيَصْخَب

dožadovat sekřikřev

kræve højlydtråbenskrålenskrigen

Geschrei schreien

bagarre clameur tapage

lármásan követel

hávaîi, háreystiheimta meî háreysti

clamore esigere rumorosamente grida gridare lagnanze

kelti triukšmą

klaigasskaļi protestēt/pieprasītskaļš proteststrokšņošanatrokšņot

høylytt krav kreve høylytt protestere høylytt skråle skrike

возопить

domáhať sa krikom

vaveylâyaygarayaygara/vaveylâ koparmak

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clamour

clamor (US) [ˈklæməʳ]

A. N → clamor m

B. VI → clamorear, vociferar
to clamour for sth → clamar algo, pedir algo a voces

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clamour

[ˈklæmə^r] (British) clamor (US)

(= demand) clamour for sth → demande de qch

(= noise) → clameur f
a clamour of voices → des clameurs

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

clamour

, (US) clamor

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

(= demand) → lautstark erhobene Forderung (for nach); a clamour against something → ein Aufschrei m → gegen etw; constant clamour against the EC → ständiges Geschrei gegen die EG

vi to clamour for something → nach etw schreien; to clamour against something → sich gegen etw empören; the paper clamoured against the government → die Zeitung wetterte gegen die Regierung; the men were clamouring to go home → die Männer forderten lautstark die Heimkehr

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clamour

clamor (Am) [ˈklæməʳ]

1. n (noise) → clamore m; (protest) → protesta

2. vi to clamour for sth → chiedere a gran voce qc

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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But of late, while he was staying in Moscow after his wife's confinement, with nothing to do, the question that clamored for solution had more and more often, more and more insistently, haunted Levin's mind.

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The superior officers all wanted to distinguish themselves, to cut off, to seize, to capture, and to overthrow the French, and all clamored for action.

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The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) states that Parliamentarians who clamored to protect Parliamentary Democracy in October and November of 2018, have forgotten the peoples' right to representative democracy.