Tribute Meaning
/ˈtɹɪbjuːt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
nounAn acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift., An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.
Sentence Examples
The verdict is a tribute to their fairness.
This is a small tribute to all my teachers.
At her funeral her oldest friend paid tribute to her life and work.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The memorial service was a ____ to the brave firefighters who saved many lives.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The plaque was erected as a ____ to the brave people who had served their country during the long and difficult war today.
Word Origin & History
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"the passing tribute of a sigh"
— 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
"The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable"
— 1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […] :
"Amorous Trifler, that spendeth[…]his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne."
— 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The memorial service was a ____ to the brave firefighters who saved many lives.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The plaque was erected as a ____ to the brave people who had served their country during the long and difficult war today.