noun
1 sth you say/do to show you respect/admire sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ anniversary , birthday , memorial
▪ final
▪ fine , fitting
▪ lasting
▪ affectionate , emotional , heartfelt , moving , touching , warm
▪ generous ( esp. BrE ), glowing ( esp. BrE ), loving ( esp. AmE ), special
▪ silent ( esp. BrE )
▪
Thousands of people stood in silent ~ to the dead.
▪ musical
▪ floral ( BrE )
▪
Floral ~s were piled up outside the church.
VERB + TRIBUTE
▪ pay
▪
The couple paid ~ to the helicopter crew who rescued them.
▪ give , write
▪ lead ( esp. BrE )
▪
The President led the ~s to ‘a great statesman and a decent man’.
TRIBUTE + VERB
▪ flood in , pour in (both esp. BrE )
▪
Tributes flooded in when her death was announced.
TRIBUTE + NOUN
▪ album , concert , show
▪ act ( esp. BrE ), band
▪
He'll be on the road with a Beatles ~ band.
2 sign of how good sb/sth is
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , remarkable
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
The bridge is a remarkable ~ to the skill of the early engineers.