to pay homage to
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5.5
- phrasal verb
- Formal
:
rendir homenaje a
- At the ceremony, they will pay homage to those who served in the military with great honor.
- pay homage to God
- pay homage to tradition
- pay homage to the writer
Take the time to just pay homage to the GOAT.
- Take the time to just pay homage to the GOAT.
- I hope someday some writer will feel moved to borrow or even pay homage to something I've written.
- It was merely to preserve it, to conserve it in its current state, to pay homage to the artifact, to its life, its scars.
- And I mean, talking about that you recently paid homage to native Brazilian religions in your new music video.
- The whole house is an an altar paying homage to creativity and my blessings and gifts.
Examples
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We're going to pay homage to my ancestors.
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By showing their struggles to achieve ideals on stage, the filmmaker pays homage to their determination.
Academic text (1999) -
Everybody has to pay homage to the King.
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We must pay homage to him.
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And it's a way to pay homage to our soldiers buried here.
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We visit time and time again to embrace our nation's history and to pay homage to its heroes.
Academic text (2006) -
Today, ladies and gentlemen, we're here to pay homage to the late Harvey Potemkin...
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And what better way to pay homage to the humble noodle than a cookbook club pick with my culinary partner in crime.
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They bared their heads and kneeled down towards the east to pay homage to the Son of Heaven, the Han Emperor.
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We gathered today to pay homage to the brave firefighters who risked their lives during the disaster.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To admire someone for their actions or qualities
796
2.3
Show great respect to someone, often in public
305
1.4
To say or show thanks for what someone did
201
2.1
To praise someone in public for something they did
106
3.5
To show respect by a formal gesture or words
66
5.8
To remember someone or something with a ceremony
22
5.8
Show deep respect to someone or something, often in public
15
7.2
To honor and remember someone in a lasting, formal way
14
4.6
To have respect for someone because of what they do
11
7.4
To show great respect for a person or thing
To admire and respect someone for what they have done
Antonyms
How Respectful
169
4.2
21
6.7
- Formal
19
5.5
- US
796
2.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to show deep respect' is directly and compositionally derived from 'pay' (to give or show) plus 'homage' (a public expression of respect); the preposition 'to' simply marks the target. The construction follows a common pattern (compare 'pay respect', 'pay tribute') that is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pay homage to comes from old ceremonies where people would kneel or bow to a leader and give a visible sign of respect. So the words pay and homage together make the picture of giving respect, and today it means 'to show deep respect or honor'.