Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - cheer

(cheers, cheering, cheered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game. The crowd cheered as Premier Wayne Goss unveiled a lifesize statue of poet Banjo Paterson... Swiss fans cheered Jakob Hlasek during yesterday’s match with Courier. ...the Irish Americans who came to the park to cheer for their boys... Cheering crowds lined the route. ? boo, jeer VERB: V, V n, V for n, V-ing • Cheer is also a noun. The colonel was rewarded with a resounding cheer from the men. N-COUNT 2. If you are cheered by something, it makes you happier or less worried. Stephen noticed that the people around him looked cheered by his presence... The weather was perfect for a picnic, he told himself, but the thought did nothing to cheer him. = hearten ? sadden VERB: be V-ed, V n • cheering ...very cheering news... = heartening ? disheartening ADJ 3. People sometimes say ‘Cheers’ to each other just before they drink an alcoholic drink. (mainly BRIT) CONVENTION c darkgreen]formulae 4. Some people say ‘Cheers’ as a way of saying ‘thank you’ or ‘goodbye’. (BRIT INFORMAL) CONVENTION c darkgreen]formulae