how to pronounce accolade

/ˈæk.ə.lɛɪd/

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accolade is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of accolade in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of course deserves the accolade but of …”

meanings of accolade

noun:

Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by personnel who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954. Service of civilians who died overseas or as a result of injury or disease contracted while serving in a civilian capacity with the United States Armed Forces during the dates and/or in areas prescribed is in like manner recognized.
An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other. Such accolades are either plain or adorned with rich moldings, and are a frequent motive of decoration on the lintels of doors and windows of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially in secular architecture.
An expression of approval; praise.
A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
A brace used to join two or more staves.
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
A special acknowledgment; an award.
Synonym of curly bracket.

verb:

To confer praise or awards on.
To embrace or kiss in salutation.
To confer a knighthood on.

accolade frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word accolade occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics accolade can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that accolade can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;