salute
verb (used with object)
to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
are saluting
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present progressiveof salute.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I can’t tell whether they are saluting or trolling us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Elton John, Mavis Staples, Mumford, Brittany Howard, T Bone Burnett and Zac Brown are saluting the late Levon Helm, who won the Americana Grammy last year a few months before his death.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2013
Stories like these are newsworthy only because 99.99 percent of women in uniform, and their male colleagues, are saluting each other smartly and getting the job done.
From Time ● Dec. 20, 2010
High schools across the nation are saluting students who opt for boot camp over freshman orientation, rewriting graduation traditions in suburban communities like Cherry Hill.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2010
For all the population are saluting the rising sun, O-Hi-San, the Lady of Fire—Ama-terasu-oho-mi-Kami, the Lady of the Great Light.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Lafcadio Hearn
