salute
verb/səˈluːt/
/səˈluːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they salute | /səˈluːt/ /səˈluːt/ |
| he / she / it salutes | /səˈluːts/ /səˈluːts/ |
| past simple saluted | /səˈluːtɪd/ /səˈluːtɪd/ |
| past participle saluted | /səˈluːtɪd/ /səˈluːtɪd/ |
| -ing form saluting | /səˈluːtɪŋ/ /səˈluːtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to touch the side of your head with the fingers of your right hand to show respect, especially in the armed forces
- The sergeant stood to attention and saluted.
- salute somebody/something to salute the flag/an officer
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- crisply
- sharply
- smartly
- …
- with
- [transitive] salute somebody/something (formal) to show that you respect and admire somebody/something synonym acknowledge
- The players saluted the fans before leaving the field.
- The president saluted the courage of those who had fought for their country.
- He saluted Pippa with a graceful bend of his head.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- crisply
- sharply
- smartly
- …
- with
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin salutare ‘greet, pay one's respects to’, from salus, salut- ‘health, welfare, greeting’; the noun partly from Old French salut.
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