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to honeymoon

to honeymoon

7 3.0
To spend a holiday together right after getting married
  • verb
  • /ˈhoʊnɪmuːn/
translation icon : ir de luna de miel
  • After their wedding, they decided to honeymoon in the Maldives, enjoying the beautiful beaches.
  • couple honeymooned
  • newlyweds honeymooned
  • honeymooned in Paris

Not sure where we're going to honeymoon for sure yet, but all I know is that it's going to be good.

Examples

  • They married in Hollywood and honeymooned in Las Vegas.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • We honeymooned at her cabin on Lake George.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Not sure where we're going to honeymoon for sure yet, but all I know is that it's going to be good.

  • You could honeymoon for five or six years.

  • - Where should we honeymoon?

  • - We'll honeymoon in Egypt.

  • Yeah, actually, we are honeymooning.

  • And we all honeymooned in Sea Island, or the Poconos, or Niagara Falls.

  • They honeymooned at her family's private cottage near Pebble Beach in Carmel, then went abroad for a tour of Europe before he returned to his work at the observatory.

    Academic text (1990)
  • We drove up to Gatlinburg to one of those wedding chapels and honeymooned in Dayton, Tennessee, where the Scopes Monkey Trial took place back in 1925.

    Fiction book (1999)

Antonyms

241 2.9

To separate and move in different directions after being together

Compounds

A place where newly married couples stay for a romantic holiday

Surface Forms

honeymoon infinitive
honeymooned past participle
honeymooning present participle
honeymoons third person singular

Etymology

Honeymoon as a verb comes from the same idea: the noun made of honey 'sweet' and moon 'month', the first 'sweet month' after a wedding. So to honeymoon is to take that special holiday together right after the wedding.