{
    "term": "tribute",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an act, a statement or a gift that is intended to show your love or respect, especially for a dead person",
            "sensetop": "tribute (to somebody)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At her funeral her oldest friend **paid tribute to** her life and work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crowd stood in silent tribute to those who had died in the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This book is a fitting tribute to the bravery of the pioneers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "floral tributes *(= gifts of flowers at a funeral)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The President led the tributes to ‘a great statesman and a decent man’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tributes flooded in when her death was announced."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["anniversary", "birthday", "memorial"],
                "verb + tribute": ["pay", "give", "write"],
                "tribute + verb": ["flood in", "pour in"],
                "tribute + noun": ["album", "concert", "show"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "showing the good effects or influence of something/somebody",
            "sensetop": "tribute to something/somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His recovery is a tribute to the doctors' skill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bridge is a remarkable tribute to the skill of the Victorian railway engineers."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "remarkable"],
                "preposition": ["tribute to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(especially in the past) money given by one country or political leader to another, especially in return for protection or for not being attacked",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtrɪbjuːt/",
                "audio": "tr/tribute/tribute__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtrɪbjuːt/",
                "audio": "tr/tribute/tribute__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin tributum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of tribuere ‘assign’ (originally ‘divide between tribes’), from tribus ‘tribe’."
}