How do you use Salute in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like salutation or greeting, plus the exact meaning.
Salute meaning
- An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions.
- A kiss, offered in salutation.
- A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
Synonyms of Salute
Using Salute
- The main meaning on this page is: An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions. | A kiss, offered in salutation. | A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
- Useful related words include: salutation, greeting, greet, recognize.
- In the example corpus, salute often appears in combinations such as: salute to, nazi salute, to salute.
Context around Salute
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Salute
- In this selection, "salute" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gun, nazi, royal, battery, may and heritage stand out and add context to how "salute" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include commendation and salute and 21 gun salute heritage and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "salute" sits close to words such as antenna, avail and baseline, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with salute
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A Grade 9 boy witnessed a Nazi salute at his downtown Toronto school. (13 words)
As is custom for cardinals’ funerals, Francis will deliver a final commendation and salute. (14 words)
As is custom for cardinal funerals, Pope Francis will deliver a final commendation and salute. (15 words)
It is also said that the style of salute may also signify that he/she (that is saluting) bears no arms (weapons) as those that bear arms salute with their rifle or sword, at the present arms for a royal salute or general salute. (44 words)
Australian golfer Brendan Jones has finally claimed his first victory on the Australasian Tour, storming back from four shots down at the start of the final round to salute at the New Zealand Open at the Millbrook Resort. (38 words)
Two local officials, not knowing that war had been declared and believing the firing had been a salute, came out to Charleston to apologize for their inability to return the salute as they were out of gunpowder. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is also said that the style of salute may also signify that he/she (that is saluting) bears no arms (weapons) as those that bear arms salute with their rifle or sword, at the present arms for a royal salute or general salute.
Madan Mohan, chairman and managing trustee of 21 Gun Salute Heritage and Cultural Trust, said it was befitting that Baroda state, which was a 21-gun-salute state in the British era, is hosting the event.
The Nazi salute was banned across Victoria in November after a number of self-proclaimed neo-Nazi's performed the salute at rallies.
Arlington neighbors: the Presidential Salute Battery Platoon will be conducting ceremonial training for the salute battery tomorrow morning.
Hitler was inspired by Mussolini and the Fascists, borrowing their use of the straight-armed salute as a Nazi salute.
However, with the exception of a response to a naval salute, the United States national flag renders no salute.
In the Marvel Comics universe members of the organisation Hydra salute in a similar way to a fascist salute but instead raise both hands with fists clenched.
People's Republic of China Military personnel of the People's Liberation Army salute according to Chinese standards and similar to the Royal Navy salute.
Sandoval wrote about this ministry in De instauranda Aethiopum salute (1627), Alonso de Sandoval, Treatise on Slavery: Selections from De Instauranda Aethiopum Salute, translated and edited by Nicole von Germeten.
The Bellamy salute was a similar gesture and was the civilian salute of the United States from 1892 to 1942.
Two local officials, not knowing that war had been declared and believing the firing had been a salute, came out to Charleston to apologize for their inability to return the salute as they were out of gunpowder.
After the official events at Westminster Abbey, King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla, returned to Buckingham Palace, honored with a royal salute.
Afterwards, there will be a gun salute at Edinburgh Castle and a flypast by the Red Arrows.
A Grade 9 boy witnessed a Nazi salute at his downtown Toronto school.
Another challenge for the legislators would be how to define the Nazi salute because of its similarity to other innocuous gestures where people raise their arms in the air, he said.
A "Salute to Africa" 54 flag procession kicks off the event at 11 a.m. and festivities continue until 11 p.m.
As is custom for cardinal funerals, Pope Francis will deliver a final commendation and salute.
As is custom for cardinals’ funerals, Francis will deliver a final commendation and salute.
At the same time, the Royal Gibraltar Regiment fired a 21 Royal Gun Salute from UK Naval base to celebrate the coronation at 1pm.
Australian golfer Brendan Jones has finally claimed his first victory on the Australasian Tour, storming back from four shots down at the start of the final round to salute at the New Zealand Open at the Millbrook Resort.
Common combinations with salute
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- salute to 42×
- nazi salute 17×
- to salute 17×
- salute the 14×
- we salute 12×
- the salute 10×
- salute and 10×
- salute in 9×
- -gun salute 9×
- gun salute 8×