- [countable] the action of raising your right hand to the side of your head as a sign of respect, especially between soldiers and officers
- He returned the salute as he passed the line of guards.
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2- The Admiral snapped a sharp salute.
- The sentry gave a smart salute and waved us on.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- military
- naval
- fascist
- …
- give (somebody)
- snap
- throw
- …
- [countable, uncountable] a thing that you say or do to show that you respect and admire somebody/something or to welcome somebody
- He raised his hat as a friendly salute.
- salute to somebody/something His first words were a salute to the people of South Africa.
- The occasion was organized as a salute to a century of change.
- in salute They all raised their glasses in salute.
- salute from somebody The retiring editor received a special salute from the local newspaper.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- last
- 21-gun
- …
- in salute
- salute from
- salute to
- …
- [countable] an official occasion when guns are fired into the air to show respect for an important person
- a 21-gun salute
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- last
- 21-gun
- …
- in salute
- salute from
- salute to
- …
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.
Idioms
See salute in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarytake the salute
- when an officer or important person takes the salute, soldiers walk past him or her saluting and the officer salutes back
- The Queen took the salute as the guardsmen marched past.
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