to praise a person or an achievement by comparing them to someone or something very good. She's been hailed as one of the best young dancers today.

20 нояб. 2024 г. · to call someone in order to attract their attention: Shall we hail a taxi? I tried to hail her from across the room.

If you hail someone, you call to them. [literary]. Jill saw him and hailed him. [VERB noun].

to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome. · to acclaim; approve enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine.

Hail is when chunks of ice fall from the sky. Also, to hail someone is to greet them or say good things about them.

to describe someone or something as being very good or special, especially in newspapers, etc. hail somebody/something as something

The act of hailing someone; a shout of welcome; a shout or call to attract attention. 1811. Whence the blithe hail ? behold a Peasant stand On high, a kerchief ...

2 [transitive]HELLO to call to someone in order to greet them or try to attract their attention She leaned out of the window and hailed a passerby.hail a cab/ ...

HAIL meaning: 1 ... hailing. Britannica Dictionary definition of HAIL. [+ object]. 1. : to speak of or welcome (someone or something) with praise or enthusiasm.