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verb | noun salutesalute1 /səˈlut/ verb ETYMOLOGYsalute1Origin: 1300-1400 Latin salutare, from salus health, safety, greeting VERB TABLEsalute |
Present | I, you, we, they | salute | | he, she, it | salutes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | saluted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have saluted | | he, she, it | has saluted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had saluted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will salute | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have saluted |
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Present | I | am saluting | | he, she, it | is saluting | | you, we, they | are saluting | Past | I, he, she, it | was saluting | | you, we, they | were saluting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been saluting | | he, she, it | has been saluting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been saluting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be saluting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been saluting |
► salute the flag Students do not have to salute the flag if they have religious reasons for not doing so. 1 [intransitive, transitive] to move your right hand to your head, especially in order to show respect to an officer in the army, navy, etc.: He saluted the captain. Students do not have to salute the flag if they have religious reasons for not doing so.2[transitive] to praise someone for the things he or she has achieved, especially publicly SYN honor: salute somebody as something Bush saluted Madison as “the father of our Constitution.”salute somebody for something Today we salute these citizens for their commitment to our community.3old-fashioned to greet someone in a polite way, especially by moving your hand or body [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin salutare, from salus health, safety, greeting] verb | noun salutesalute2 noun [countable] ► gave ... a salute As they left, he gave them a salute. ► in salute He raised his hand in salute. ► in salute They raised their glasses in salute. 1an act of moving your right hand to your head as a sign of respect, usually done by a soldier to an officer: As they left, he gave them a salute. He raised his hand in salute.2an action, event, etc. that expresses praise for someone because of something he or she has achieved, or that expresses honor or respect for something: a salute to somebody/something a musical salute to Hollywood movies of the 1940s They raised their glasses in salute.3an occasion when guns are fired into the air in order to show respect for someone important: a 21-gun salute |