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What is a standing ovation?

What is a standing ovation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Enthusiastic applause given by people who rise from a sitting position
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As he exited the stage, the audience gave a standing ovation that lasted almost three minutes.
Camera flashes illuminate the speaker as she concludes her two-hour address to a thunderous standing ovation.
He singled as a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the ninth last night and was removed for a pinch-runner to a standing ovation.
Is it just me or does anyone else find the spontaneous adulation and standing ovation before he's begun slightly embarrassing?
Many uttered sounds of warm appreciation while giving a standing ovation when the show concluded.
Hall, a close friend of the 20-year-old, was especially delighted that Routledge received a standing ovation on the final whistle.

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