honeymoon

«honeymoon» in Mova's school dictionary: a holiday that a newly married couple take together just… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a honeymoon, honeymoons); verb (honeymoon, honeymoons, honeymooned, honeymooning)

meaning for a pupil

1) A honeymoon is a holiday that a newly married couple take together just after their wedding. tree →

2) The honeymoon (period) is the happy, easy time at the start of something new, like a new job or a new leader, before problems begin. tree →

3) To honeymoon is to go on a honeymoon. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories about weddings, the couple leave for their honeymoon after the party. In news and adult talk, a new prime minister or teacher has a «honeymoon period». Phrases: «go on honeymoon», «on their honeymoon», «the honeymoon is over», «honeymoon suite».

examples

• After the wedding they went on honeymoon to Italy. tree →
• My aunt sent us a postcard from her honeymoon. tree →
• The hotel gave them the honeymoon suite. tree →
• They honeymooned on a quiet island. tree →
• The new coach had a short honeymoon before we started losing. tree →
• When the puppy chewed the sofa, the honeymoon was over! tree →
• Mum and Dad showed us photos from their honeymoon. tree →

note

Countable. Use «a honeymoon» (the h is pronounced). «The honeymoon is over» is an idiom: the easy start has ended. Mostly about married couples; a holiday before a wedding is not a honeymoon.

In the corpora

• A honeymoon is a holiday a couple takes just after the wedding, to rest and celebrate, just the two of them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «honeymoon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.