salute
pronunciation
How to pronounce salute in British English:
UK [səˈluːt]
How to pronounce salute in American English:
US [səˈluːt]
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- Noun:
- an act of honor or courteous recognition
- a formal military gesture of respect
- an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat
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- Verb:
- propose a toast to
- greet in a friendly way
- express commendation of
- become noticeable
- honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers
- recognize with a gesture prescribed by a miltary regulation; assume a prescribed position
Word Origin
- salute
- salute: [14] Salute goes back ultimately to the Latin noun salūs, a relative of salvus ‘safe, healthy’ (source of English safe and save). This had two main strands of meaning. The primary one was ‘health, well-being’, and in that sense it lies behind English salubrious [16] and salutary [15]. But by extension it also denoted a ‘wish for someone’s well-being’, hence a ‘greeting’, and it is this that has given English, via its derived verb salūtāre ‘greet’, salute.=> safe, salubrious, save
- salute (v.)
- late 14c., "to greet courteously and respectfully," earlier salue (c. 1300), from Latin salutare "to greet, pay respects," literally "wish health to," from salus (genitive salutis) "greeting, good health," related to salvus "safe" (see safe (adj.)). The military and nautical sense of "display flags, fire cannons, etc., as a mark of respect" is recorded from 1580s; specific sense of "raise the hand to the cap in the presence of a superior officer" is from 1844.
- salute (n.)
- c. 1400, "act of saluting, respectful gesture of greeting, salutation," from salute (v.). The military sense is from 1690s; specifically of the hand-to-cap gesture from 1832.
Synonym
Example
- 1. But distrustful , angry britain should salute him .
- 2. It salivated its salute to physiology .
- 3. I just want to take a moment to salute britain 's greatest living artist .
- 4. The former insurgents will sing their national anthem and salute nigeria 's green-and-white flag .
- 5. While we salute sean avery for having the courage of his convictions , we probably shouldn 't be surprised .