Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: salute
IPA transcription: [səl'ut]
Pronunciations of salute
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail
    Meaning: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
  • Synonyms: salute
    Meaning: greet in a friendly way; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me"
  • Synonyms: salute
    Meaning: express commendation of; "I salute your courage!"
Usage examples
  • "Salute!" said I. "Bow down!"
  • I salute with profound reverence
  • Then cried I, "Salute! Bow down!"
  • "Not I, sir," said Morgan with a salute.
  • None about the fire attempted to salute me.
  • To them, I send my salute across the centuries, and my pity.
  • Abram straightened and touched his hat brim in a trim half military salute.
  • "Picked it up by that pony yonder, sir," answered the corporal, with a salute.
  • "Mr. Vandyck Jennings"--I also tried to make an effective salute and nearly lost my balance.
  • None attempted to rise or salute me. I felt too faint and weary to insist, and I let the moment pass.
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