Meaning of tribute in English

tribute

noun

/ˈtrɪb.juːt/ us

/ˈtrɪb.juːt/

tribute noun (RESPECTFUL ACTION)

something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion:

Tributes have been pouring in from all over the world for the famous actor who died yesterday.

floral tribute Floral tributes (= flowers given to show respect for someone who has died) piled up at the scene of the accident.

pay tribute to someone/something

to praise someone or something:

The minister paid tribute to the men who had fought the blaze.

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Praising and applauding

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tribute noun (BENEFICIAL EFFECT)

be a tribute to something/someone

to show clearly how good, strong, or effective something or someone is:

I've never met a five-year-old as well behaved as your son - he's a tribute to you!

(Definition of tribute from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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tribute

noun

/ˈtrɪb·jut/

tribute noun (SHOW OF RESPECT)

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[ C/U ]

respect or admiration for someone, or a formal event at which respect and admiration are expressed:

[ U ] The memorial pays tribute to Africans brought here as slaves.

[ C ] There was a special tribute to Arthur Ashe by leading tennis players.

tribute noun (GOOD EFFECT)

[ C usually sing ]

something showing the benefit or positive effect of something else:

His ability to cook and manage a household is a tribute to the training he received from his mother.

(Definition of tribute from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of tribute

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The king also often received tributes and offerings at these occasions.

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I pay tributes to the efforts he has made to change this state of affairs.

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I welcome the tributes which have been paid to the water industry—the private water companies and the public undertakings.

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I should like to add my appreciation of the work of those committees to the tributes which have been expressed in another place.

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I believe that these tributes not only are overdue, but give the independents their due.

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Tributes to the ingenuity and the morality of the tax have been paid by all kinds of people.

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If we look through our debates, we find them peppered with eloquent and striking self-tributes.

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In the many tributes, written and spoken, of the past 24 hours, one important trait has strangely and unduly been absent.

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Still, almost all of them paid gracious tributes to their predecessors.

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I am sure they will confirm my own conviction that mere soapy tributes to the industry will go the same way as nagging unconstructive criticism.

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I endorse all of the tributes that he paid to the long list of people who have been concerned about this matter.

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I pay my tributes to the debates which we have here.

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The council's role in these aspects of cultural diplomacy is paramount and has won it tributes throughout the world.

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All the tributes to him have been most thoroughly deserved.

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Many eloquent tributes have been paid to the new large-scale developers who are carrying on very interesting experiments.

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Collocations with tribute

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annual tribute

Three main consequences follow if the subsection and the annual tribute are allowed to be enforced on this country.

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fitting tribute to

Finally, it is a fitting tribute to the deceased second author.

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floral tribute

Those of us who witnessed the lying-in-state last week were perhaps impressed most by the floral tributes of the humblest of his admirers, expressing simple loyalty and affection.

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