salute

«salute» in Mova's school dictionary: to raise your right hand to your forehead as a sign of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (salute, salutes, saluted, saluting); noun (a salute, salutes)

meaning for a pupil

1) To salute means to raise your right hand to your forehead as a sign of respect, as soldiers do. tree →

2) A salute is that movement, or another sign of respect such as guns fired into the air. tree →

3) To salute someone means to praise them openly for something brave or good: "we salute our volunteers". tree →

4) (formal) To salute can mean to greet someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and history the army, navy, scouts and guides salute flags and officers. In everyday speech "I salute you" means "well done, I admire you". Phrases: salute the flag, a 21-gun salute, give a salute, return a salute.

examples

• The soldier saluted the general. tree →
• The scouts saluted the flag at the start of the meeting. tree →
• The captain returned the salute. tree →
• Guns were fired as a salute to the king. tree →
• We salute all the nurses who worked so hard. tree →
• You finished the whole marathon? I salute you! tree →
• He gave a smart salute and marched away. tree →
• Before starting your performance, salute your audience!” tree →

note

Past form: saluted. Noun and verb have the same form. Salute is pronounced "suh-LOOT". Do not confuse with "salt" or "solute" (a substance dissolved in a liquid, in science).

In the corpora

• "The one-finger salute" is a jokey name for raising the middle finger as an insult.
• And they will salute thee, and give thee two cakes of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hand.

Trees and pragmatics

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